Reversed servitization paths: A case analysis of two manufacturers

Service Business

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 513-537

  Finne, Max ^a   Brax, Saara ^a   Holmström, Jan ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case study; Industrial service; Organizational ecology; Service infusion; Servitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887405284     PISSN: 18628516     EISSN: 18628508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11628-013-0182-1     Document Type: Review

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