TY - JOUR AB - This paper raises the question of the impact that the increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has on the process of creating value and the differentiation in service activities. We shall develop the idea that electronic intermediation tends to “impoverish” service relations, insomuch as the technological interface can by no means replace the wealth of human interactions on which the creation of value and the differentiation of services are based. So it is mainly a theoretical contribution based on American and French academic works in the field of services marketing management. VL - 14 IS - 2/3 SN - 0960-4529 DO - 10.1108/09604520410528635 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09604520410528635 AU - Meyronin Benoît PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - ICT: the creation of value and differentiation in services T2 - Managing Service Quality: An International Journal PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 216 EP - 225 Y2 - 2024/09/25 ER -