Digitalization is forcing organizations to continuously evaluate and innovate their business
models (Bharadwaj et al. 2013). In particular, digital innovation is leading to fundamental …

The understanding of digitized, connected products as platforms for service provision
requires an explicit, service-oriented perspective on the multiple interaction channels …

By enmeshing the digital and physical worlds, the Internet of Things is envisioned to
generate a wealth of real-world data which enables new ways of creating value based on …

Digitale Produkte und Dienstleistungen sind aus dem Alltag von Privatpersonen und
Unternehmen nicht mehr wegzudenken [2]. Die Digitalisierung zwingt Unternehmen und …

The success of the IoT is inextricably linked to the balanced interplay of technological,
organisational and economical interdependencies that occur in the cyber physical IoT …

Industrial IoT is a gifted technology which combines many industrial systems with Internet
connectivity. Perception techniques have been concerned to considerably get better product …

Connected and smart products are giving rise to smart services that leverage their advanced
capabilities and promise profitable business models. However, many companies in the …

This chapter provides the thesis overview. It introduces the background of this thesis, its
objective and the research questions guiding it. This chapter includes an overview of the …

This thesis is focusing on three little-explored contextual conditions that are important for a
better understanding of digital platform ecosystems: digital platforms in a nascent stage of …

The 'smartification'of machines refers to the enhancement of physical machines with digital
technologies and services and represents a recent and important trend in the mechanical …