Value co-creation: theoretical approaches and practical implications

European Business Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-19

  Saarijärvi, Hannu ^a   Kannan, P K ^b   Kuusela, Hannu ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical framework; Service control; Service dominant logic; Service logic; Service science; Value analysis; Value co creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872048829     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341311287718     Document Type: Article

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