Strategies towards innovative services: Findings from the German service landscape

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-620

  Koelling, Marcus ^a   Neyer, Anne Katrin ^b   Moeslein, Kathrin M ^a,b  

^a HHL LEIPZIG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interaction; Service innovation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; SERVICE SECTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70949102470     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903078776     Document Type: Article

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