Change is hard: overcoming barriers to service innovation

被引:5
作者
Parris, Denise Linda [1 ]
Bouchet, Adrien [2 ]
Peachey, Jon Welty [3 ]
Arnold, Danny [1 ]
机构
[1] Rollins Coll, Dept Business & Social Entrepreneurship, Winter Pk, FL 32789 USA
[2] Univ Tulsa, Collins Coll Business, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Recreat Sport & Tourism, Champaign, IL 61820 USA
关键词
Customer relationship management; Organizational change; Stakeholder theory; Institutional theory; Service innovation; Relationship marketing; CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; VALUE CREATION; DE-ESCALATION; CRM ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY; FRAMEWORK; QUALITY; SUCCESS; CUSTOMIZATION; SATISFACTION;
D O I
10.1108/JSM-05-2015-0182
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Purpose - Creating value through service innovation requires new processes and ways of communicating to multiple stakeholders. Institutions and stakeholders within the service ecosystem, however, often resist change. Adopting a new service strategy entails two distinct costs-monetary and psychological. The tensions between an organization's need to generate incremental revenue and the challenges of balancing business as usual and the costs associated with service innovation are explored. Specifically, this paper aims to explore the adoption of a customer relationship management (CRM) technology solution in a bureaucratic setting, and the sequence of events needed for successful implementation, with emphasis on overcoming various barriers and hurdles. Design/methodology/approach - A case study methodology is used to gather and analyze data on how the Arizona State University (ASU) athletic department responded to the changing competitive environment via adopting a CRM technology solution. Data collection consisted of ten semi-structured interviews. Findings - The experience of ASU illustrates that the primary benefits of a CRM technology solution include the generation of incremental revenue, capturing data and personalized marketing. The main challenges are coordinating adoption, obtaining commitment, developing competency, estimating costs and creating content. Research limitations/implications - A conceptual framework emerged from the data that describes the likelihood of a service technology's successful implementation based upon the interaction of the strength of key actors, organizational situation perception and organizational commitment. The model extends the proposed duality of service innovation outcomes as either success or failure to acknowledge the likelihood of a partial implementation where marginal success is achieved. Practical implications - The sequence of events needed for successful implementation of a service technology is highlighted, with emphasis on overcoming various barriers and hurdles. Implementation steps are provided, as well as a model to help pinpoint issues. Originality/value - The case study provides insight for overcoming pitfalls and barriers to adopting a new service technology in a traditionally bureaucratic organization where resistance to change is the norm, and innovation is not.
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页码:615 / 629
页数:15
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