In mechanical engineering and plant design, product-related services are usually
considered as an add-on to the actual product. Industrial Product-Service Systems deal with …

Technical services such as maintenance, retrofitting, refurbishing or user training can
significantly influence the economic and ecologic performance of high quality investment …

Higher market complexity and increasing competitive intensity are forcing traditional product-
manufacturing companies to change their position in the goods–services continuum by …

The move being made by manufacturers of capital goods from offering products to solutions
implies that they must make a decision as to whether the capabilities necessary for providing …

Despite the established benefits of services in manufacturing companies, very few
managers are motivated to invest resources in extending the service business. On the basis …

Kunden der Investitionsgüterindustrie erwarten zunehmend maßgeschneiderte
Problemlösungen, welche sich einfach in bestehende Wertschöpfungsketten integrieren …

Abstract As Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS 2) are specified by integratedly
considered product and service shares, they represent a new solution-oriented approach for …

Purpose–This paper aims to answer the following two research questions:“What
antecedents are required for the innovation of product‐related services?” and “How do the …

How can manufacturers of capital goods succeed in service business development? What
are the potential network approaches for manufacturing companies planning on extending …

Exploring the interrelationship among patterns of service strategy changes and organizational
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