Stephen L. Vargo

58.1k citations
112 papers · 37.0k indexed · 19 hit papers · h-index 56

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Stephen L. Vargo

110 papers receiving 33.8k citations

Hit Papers

Service-dominant logic 2025 2016 · 835 citations
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Stephen L. Vargo
Comparison fields: 5 of 147
  • Marketing 28.3k
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 17.1k
  • Business and International Management 2.4k
  • Management of Technology and Innovation 5.3k
  • Strategy and Management 8.6k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stephen L. Vargo, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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2 202418
3 202338
4 20238
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10 201639
11 20154
12 201432
13 2013337
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Being Innovative About Service Innovation: Service, Design and Digitalization
20124
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Health Care Customer Value Cocreation Practice Styles
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2012809
16 201010
17 2008264
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Service-dominant logic: continuing the evolution
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20074775
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The Service-dominant Logic of Marketing: Dialog, Debate, and Directions
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20061175
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Evolving to a New Dominant Logic for Marketing
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20039174

About Stephen L. Vargo

Stephen L. Vargo is a scholar working on Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Strategy and Management, having authored 112 papers that have together received 37.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Service and Product Innovation (96 papers), Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (51 papers), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (22 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (16 papers), Digital Marketing and Social Media (13 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (13 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (13 papers) and Information Systems Theories and Implementation (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Marketing (28.3k citations), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (17.1k citations), Business and International Management (2.4k citations), Management of Technology and Innovation (5.3k citations) and Strategy and Management (8.6k citations). Stephen L. Vargo has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Finland and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Robert F. Lusch, Melissa Archpru Akaka, Paul P. Maglio, Heiko Wieland, Matthew O’Brien, Jennifer D. Chandler, Frederick E. Webster, Ruth N. Bolton, Mohan Tanniru and Yi He. Their work appears in journals such as AMS Review, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Marketing Theory, Journal of Business Research and Industrial Marketing Management.

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