Values-based Service for Sustainable Business: Lessons from IKEA (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) - Softcover

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Edvardsson, Bo; Enquist, Bo

 
9780415620390: Values-based Service for Sustainable Business: Lessons from IKEA (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415620392 ISBN 13: 9780415620390
Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

The role of values in developing and managing service companies has been under researched in the existing literature - until now. This book analyzes a large organization (IKEA) as a basis for values based service for sustainable business. The authors provide an overview of the history of IKEA and the social and environmental perspectives that have acted as driving forces for creating economic value. They go on to develop values-based service thinking within the areas of service experience, service brand, and service leadership. The book concludes by comparing IKEA to other values-based service companies (such as Starbucks, H&M, and Body Shop); from these reflections, the book presents the key principles for a sustainable, values-based service business.

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About the Author

Bo Edvardsson is professor and Director of CTF-Service Research Center at Karlstad University, Sweden.

Bo Enquist is associate professor at CTF-Service Research Center at Karlstad University, Sweden.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415620392
ISBN 13 
9780415620390
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
144

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