Servitization of the manufacturing firm: Exploring the operations practices and technologies that deliver advanced services

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-35

  Baines, Tim ^a   Lightfoot, Howard W ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Operations; Product service systems; Service delivery systems; Servitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890491940     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-02-2012-0086     Document Type: Article

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