From automats to algorithms: the automation of services using artificial intelligence

C Meyer, D Cohen, S Nair - Journal of Service Management, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper aims to fill this gap by positing a framework that considers the service
automation decision as a matter of knowledge management: a choice between human …

How information technology automates and augments processes: Insights from Artificial‐Intelligence‐based systems in professional service operations

M Spring, J Faulconbridge… - Journal of Operations …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study contributes to the technology management literature on the effects of IT on
operations processes by examining the use of systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in …

To automate or not to automate? A contingency approach to service automation

E Hottat, S Leroi-Werelds, S Streukens - Journal of Service …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Following a contingency approach, this paper aims to understand when service
automation can enhance or destroy value for customers in the frontline by (1) providing a …

[HTML][HTML] The strategic impacts of Intelligent Automation for knowledge and service work: An interdisciplinary review

C Coombs, D Hislop, SK Taneva, S Barnard - The Journal of Strategic …, 2020 - Elsevier
A significant recent technological development concerns the automation of knowledge and
service work as a result of advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its sub-fields. We use …

Artificial intelligence in service

MH Huang, RT Rust - Journal of service research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping service by performing various tasks,
constituting a major source of innovation, yet threatening human jobs. We develop a theory …

Resolving tussles in service automation deployments: service automation at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina (BCBSNC)

R Dunlap, M Lacity - Journal of Information Technology …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This teaching case study provides a rich and realistic story of automating knowledge work
within the context of a large, non-profit company. As an early pioneer in robotic process …

Artificial intelligence in services: current trends, benefits and challenges

C Flavián, LV Casaló - The Service Industries Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The automation of services taking advantage of the significant opportunities offered by
artificial intelligence and other Industry 4.0 technologies is receiving increasing attention …

Engaged to a robot? The role of AI in service

MH Huang, RT Rust - Journal of Service Research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article develops a strategic framework for using artificial intelligence (AI) to engage
customers for different service benefits. This framework lays out guidelines of how to use …

Artificial intelligence synergetic opportunities in services: conversational systems perspective

S Rozenes, Y Cohen - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The importance of this paper is its discovery of the unused synergetic potential of integration
between several AI techniques into an orchestrated effort to improve service. Special …

Intention to use analytical artificial intelligence (AI) in services–the effect of technology readiness and awareness

C Flavián, A Pérez-Rueda, D Belanche… - Journal of Service …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The automation of services is rapidly growing, led by sectors such as banking and
financial investment. The growing number of investments managed by artificial intelligence …