Value propositions: A service ecosystems perspective

Marketing Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 327-351

  Frow, Pennie ^a   McColl Kennedy, Janet R ^b   Hilton, Toni ^c   Davidson, Anthony ^b   Payne, Adrian ^d   Brozovic, Danilo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Regent University   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaboration; network; resource integration; service ecosystem; value co creation; value proposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907070069     PISSN: 14705931     EISSN: 1741301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470593114534346     Document Type: Article

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