Platforms in service-driven manufacturing: Leveraging complexity by connecting, sharing, and integrating

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 178-186

  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

Network orchestration; Platform; Service infusion; Service network; Servitization; Solution network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966508503     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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