Creating value for the business service buyer through modularity

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-141

  Ulkuniemi, Pauliina ^a   Pekkarinen, Saara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Buying business services; Coordination and construction management services; Design; Modular service offering; Professional services; Project business; Purchasing challenges; Service co creation; Service management; Service modularity; Service operations; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951639965     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.038569     Document Type: Article

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