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Liam Glynn Research Award Opportunity for Frontiers in Services Conference, 2013, National Taiwan University, July 3-7, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan

Dear Service Community,

June 3, 2013 is the deadline for applications to the ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø (ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø) Services Marketing Special Interest Group (SERVSIG) for the Liam Glynn Research Award. To memorialize the untimely passing of Liam Glynn, friends and colleagues have collaborated to honor his extraordinary service to the Services Marketing profession by founding the Liam Glynn Research Award Fund. This scholarship program gives emerging services scholars an opportunity to attend the Frontiers in Services Conference, which will be held July 4-7, and the Doctoral Consortium on July 3, at the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Information can be found at

Liam Glynn was a Lecturer at the University College Dublin in the Smurfit Graduate School of Business. The first Director of the UCD Centre for Quality and Services Management, Liam published services marketing articles in France, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, and the United States. He was the co-editor of Understanding Services Management in 1995, the Membership Coordinator for the ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø SERVSIG, and co-chaired the first ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø SERVSIG Conference on services research in 1999.

The Liam Glynn Research Award is administered through SERVSIG and is funded by the Center for Services Leadership, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University.

Two to four applicants will be awarded travel grants of $500 – $1,000 depending upon the number of applications received. Current Ph.D. seeking students and recent graduates are eligible to apply. All submissions should be submitted to Carolyn Massiah, University of Central Florida, carolyn.massiah@ucf.edu, by June 3, 2013 and should include the following information:

1. Curriculum vita
2. Statement as to why attending the Frontiers in Services Conference would be beneficial to the applicant at this stage in his/her career
3. Statement confirming that applicant has strong interest in the field of services marketing with supporting information (e.g. area of research)

A committee comprised of ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø SERVSIG members will select the award recipients. Applicants are selected based on their responses to a series of questions, including why they wish to attend and how it would be beneficial to them at this stage in their career.

If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Massiah (Communications Director, SERVSIG) or Mark Rosenbaum (Chair, SERVSIG, mrosenbaum@niu.edu).

Thank you!

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