Purpose Circular economy (CE) initiatives are taking hold across both developed and
developing nations. Central to these initiatives is the reconfiguration of core supply chain …

This study comprehensively reviews the literature on the service transformation of industrial
firms, applying the business model (BM) perspective. Despite the wide use of the BM …

This study extends the discussion of digital servitization business models by adopting the
perspective of the theory of the firm. We use four theories of the firm (industrial organization …

The study analyzes the coping practices that emerge when a manufacturer of standardized
products and add-on services expands to provide customized solutions. Based on a …

Abstract Service is a key context for the application of IT, as IT digitizes information
interactions in service and facilitates value creation, thereby contributing to service …

Abstract Service innovation is a significant factor in maintaining a firm׳ s competitive
advantage in an increasingly service-centered economy. Although there is a rich body of …

Technology shifts are lethal to many manufacturing companies. Previous research indicates
that this is not purely a problem of technological innovation, but is also closely related to the …

This study develops a profiling framework that allows systematic comparison of different
value constellations of industrial, service-based business models. Following the systematic …

This paper questions the assumption in much of the marketing and product-service literature
that products can be treated as stable platforms for the delivery of services. Instead, it uses …

Interest in applying the idea of co-creation to entrepreneurship is emerging through research
on opportunity creation and entrepreneur heuristics. We place co-creation in the conceptual …