Service Failure and Recovery in B2B Markets – A Morphological Analysis

Ashwin J. Baliga, Vaibhav Chawla, Vijaya Sunder M, L.S. Ganesh and Bharadhwaj Sivakumaran

Journal of Business Research, 2021, vol. 131, issue C, 763-781

Abstract: The existing body of research on service failures and recoveries primarily deals with business-to-consumer markets, with relatively limited and scattered research on business-to-business (B2B) markets. The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature on these failures and recoveries in B2B markets, conceptualize and develop a morphological analysis (MA) framework, and identify research gaps that point to future research possibilities. We present an MA framework based on a literature review of 114 papers on the ABDC/ABS/ Clarivate Analytics list. The MA framework, constructed with eight dimensions and 62 variants, reveals 418 distinct research gaps as an upper bound of opportunities for future research. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for future research.

Keywords: Service Failure; Service Recovery; B2B; Morphological Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.025

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