Seeking competitive advantage with service infusion: A systematic literature review

Journal of Service Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 394-425

  Eloranta, Ville ^a   Turunen, Taija ^b,c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Dynamic capabilities; Relational view; Resource based view; Service infusion; Servitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930579324     PISSN: 17575818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOSM-12-2013-0359     Document Type: Article

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