Service system innovation

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 267, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-80

  Alter, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Definition of service; Service innovation; Service system; Service value chain framework; Work system framework; Work system life cycle model

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; CHAINS;

DEFINITION OF SERVICE; SERVICE INNOVATION; SERVICE SYSTEMS; SERVICE VALUE CHAINS; WORK SYSTEM;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 47049096085     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09768-8_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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