Development of a Framework for Service Failure and Recovery in a B2B Market Using a Systematic Literature Review Approach

Service failure is an integral part of service delivery and will undoubtedly occur many times for any business. Service failure in B2B markets causes irreparable damage to businesses, and in order to prevent this damage, it is necessary to identify service failure and find suitable services for every business. Therefore, the main goal of this research is a framework for the failure and recovery of services in the B2B market according to the literature in this field. The method of this research is qualitative and using a systematic review approach. In this research, 370 articles were reviewed and finally, after several stages of screening, 35 articles were selected and evaluated for the final analysis. The findings of this research include seven main categories including the field of B2B service failure, types of B2B service failure, consequences of B2B service failure, B2B service recovery mechanisms, customer evaluation of service recovery, B2B service recovery consequences, and finally the conditions and variables that intervene in the failure process. and recovery of B2B services was identified. Also, 24 sub-categories and 66 sub-categories were identified. Finally, suggestions for future researches were presented.