Table 1

Practice-theory-informed service research

Author(s) yearFocus of investigationTheoretical foundation(s)ContextMethod(s)Research contribution(s)
Schau et al. (2009) Value cocreation practices in brand communitiesSchatzki’s practice theory and S-D logicMultipleNetnographyServices
Echeverri and Skålén (2011) Practices used to cocreate and codestroy valueSchatzki’s practice theory and S-D logicElderly careInterviews and field experimentsService innovation
Lusch (2014) Value cocreation practicesS-D logic and several practice theoriesTheoryConceptualServices
Blocker and Barrios (2015) Service practices used to cocreate transformative valueGiddens’s practice theory and S-D logicNonprofitInterviews and observationsServices
McColl- Kennedy et al. (2015) Cocreating service experience practicesPractice theory and S-D logicElderly careObservations, interviews and diariesServices
Skålén et al. (2015a, b) Service innovation through change and creation of practicesPractice theory, S-D logic and service innovationMultipleInterviews, observations and documentsService innovation
Skålén et al. (2015a, b) Practices used to cocreate value in brand communitiesSchatzki’s practice theory and S-D logicAutomotiveNetnography, interviews and documentsServices
Vargo et al. (2015) Value cocreation practicesS-D logic and technologyTheoryConceptualService innovation
Aal et al. (2016) Institutionalization of new valuable practicesS-D logic and institutional theoryFoodInterviews and documentsService innovation
Åkesson et al. (2016) Test-driving practices of value propositionS-D logicInformation and communication technologiesInterviewsService innovation
Koskela-Huotari et al. (2016) Institutional coordination of value cocreation practicesS-D logic and institutional theoryMultipleInterviewsService innovation
Baron et al. (2018) Challenging and developing institutions and practicesS-D logic and institutional theoryNonprofitInterviews, observations and documentsService innovation
Rihova et al. (2018) Value co-creation practicesSchatzki’s practice theory, S-D and C-D logicFestivalsInterviews and observationsServices
Kelleher et al. (2020) Value cocreation practicesSeveral practice theories and cocreation researchMusic orchestra and consumersInterviews and observationsServices
Ellway and Dean (2020) Customer engagement and value cocreationBourdieu’s practice theoryTheoryConceptualServices
Tuominen et al. (2020) Institutional change and value co-creation practicesSeveral practice theoriesTheoryConceptualService innovation
Echeverri (2021) Value co-formation practicesSchatzki’s practice theory, service ecosystem and resource integration researchTransportation and healthInterviews and observationsServices
Karlsson and Skålén (2022) Resource integration and value cocreation practicesSeveral practice theories and S-D logicMusic marketInterviewsService innovation
Skålén and Gummerus (2023) Conceptualizing services and service innovationSchatzki’s practice theory and service researchMusic marketInterviewsService innovation and services
Chronis (2024) Practices in the service encounterSeveral practice theoriesTourist toursObservationsServices
Source(s): Adapted and expanded from Skålén and Gummerus (2023) 

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