Service innovation in product-centric firms: A multidimensional business model perspective

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 96-111

  Kindström, Daniel ^a   Kowalkowski, Christian ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business model; Capabilities; Product centric firms; Service infusion; Service innovation; Servitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894347662     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JBIM-08-2013-0165     Document Type: Article

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