The Service Industries Journal recently announced the winner of its inaugural “Best Paper Award.” This article was selected from among all articles published during 2014 (volume 34), by vote of the Editorial Board.

Best Paper of 2014 (Volume 34):

The evolution of service innovation research: a critical review and synthesis

Per Carlborg, Daniel Kindström, and Christian Kowalkowski

The following articles were selected for honourable mention.

Honourable Mention:

Improving Customer Website Involvement through Experiential Marketing

Michel Laroche, Saeed Shobeiri, and Ebrahim Mazaheri

Value co-creation via information and communications technology

Ana Polo Peña, Dolores Frías Jamilena, and Miguel Rodríguez

Human capital, diversity and new firm formation

Paul Bishop and Steven Brand

To celebrate, all four articles are now available for free downloads through April 2015, via the Taylor & Francis Online website:

http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/bes/fsij-best-paper-award

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