Theoretical developments on the links between servitization and competitiveness. Case studies on implementing service strategies in a given industry or region.
Empirical approaches-methods on how to estimate the degree of servitization of a region and/or industry.
Empirical approaches-methods linking servitization and competitiveness of regions and countries.
Assessment of public policies focusing on the development of service initiatives.
Submissions:
1. All papers will be subject to double-blind peer review, according to author guidelines available at: www.emeraldinsight.com/cr.htm
2. Submissions to Competitiveness Review are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/comprev (please select the correct special issue from the drop-down menu)
Submission deadline : January 5th 2015
Take note that there is a Servitzation conference at Deusto University in Bilbao, Spain in November 2014 (www.servitzation.org). This can serve to expose papers and get pre-emptive feedback from peers and the editors of this special issue.
Papers will be published in 2015.
References:
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European Commission. 2011. Meeting the challenge of Europe 2020: The transformative power of service innovation, Report by the Expert Panel on Service Innovation in the EU.
Flanagan, K., Uyarra, E. and Laranja, M. 2011. Reconceptualising the policy mix for innovation, Research Policy, 40(5): 702–713.
Hsie, P.F., Lee, C.S. (2012). A note on value creation in consumption-oriented regional service clusters. Competitiveness Review, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 170-180.
Ketels, Christian (2013). Recent Research on Competitiveness and Clusters: What Are the Implications for Regional Policy? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 6 (2): 269-284
Neely A. 2008. Exploring the financial consequences of the servitization of manufacturing. Operations Management Research 1(2): 103–118.
Rahman, S.M., Tootoonchi, A., Monahan, M.L. (2011). Digital technology: a vehicle for making rural businesses competitive. Competitiveness Review, Vol. 21 No. 5, pp. 441-451.
Vandermerwe S, Rada J. 1988. Servitization of business: adding value by adding services. European Management Journal 6(4): 314–324.
Visnjic, I.K. and Van Looy, B. 2013. Servitization: Disentangling the impact of service business model innovation on manufacturing firm performance. Journal of Operations Management, 31(4), pp. 169-180.
Competitiveness Review Editors : Philippe Gugler (Center for Competitiveness - University of Fribourg) and Christian Ketels (Institute For Strategy and Competitiveness – Harvard Business School)