This article analyzes service research published in marketing journals between 1993 and 2003. Two levels of analysis of the
dynamics and evolution of the service marketing literature are distinguished: first, the dynamics of specific themes of the
service marketing literature, and second, the structural evolution of these themes. Through a content analysis, we study the
dynamics of individual themes in the service marketing literature as well as the relationships between these themes. Multiple
correspondence analysis provides maps of themes and of the most frequent contributors, and a framework to track the structural
dynamics and structural evolution of this literature over time. An evaluation of past predictions about the dynamics and evolution
of service research is also provided with a discussion of its future.
Keywords Service marketing research - Content analysis - Evolution - Themes - Literature review