Search for dissertations about: "Services in manufacturing firms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the words Services in manufacturing firms.

  2. 1. Service Orientation in Manufacturing Firms : Understanding Challenges with Service Business Logic

    Author : Nina Löfberg; Lars Witell; Anders Gustafsson; Bo Edvardsson; Daniel Kindström; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Service business logic; Value co-creation; Services in manufacturing firms; Service orientation; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Globalisation and competition from low-cost countries has pushed manufacturing firms towards offering services to remain competitive. However, increasing the service orientation of a manufacturing firm to find new ways of value (co-)creation has presented several challenges, such as the fact that services do not provide the expected revenues, and resistance from both the sales force and from customers towards services. READ MORE

  4. 2. Industrialization of Services : Technology and Routinization in the 21st Century

    Author : Richard Backteman; Niklas Arvidsson; Eric Giertz; Anna Jonsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrialization; services; knowledge; technology; Industrialisering; tjänster; kunskap; teknologi; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : Sweden has a long tradition of process improvements, productivity increments, waste reduction in manufacturing, continuing a mode of industrialization that helped achieve prosperity. With growing urban centers, mechanization of agriculture, outsourcings by manufacturing and the public sector with subsequent acquisitions, large service firms have appeared in an ever-growing service sector. READ MORE

  5. 3. Exploring non-functional requirements in Digital Product-Service System design : Challenges for manufacturing firms

    Author : Carl Nils Konrad Toller Melén; Marco Bertoni; Christian Johansson Askling; Yong Se Kim; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Product-Service Systems; Value; Non-Functional Requirements; Design Process; Operational Data; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering;

    Abstract : The increased sophistication of customer needs pushes manufacturers toward integrated offerings where physical products and intangible services collaboratively generate value, also known as Product-Service Systems (PSS). This shifts the focal point from product performance to overall system functionality. READ MORE

  6. 4. Why Firms Grow : The Roles of Institutions, Trade, and Technology during Swedish Industrialization

    Author : Vinzent Ostermeyer; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrialization; Firms; 19th Century; Institutions; Trade; Technology; Growth; Development; Factory; Corporations; Steam Power; Tariffs; Employment Multiplier; Services; Causal Inference; Sweden; USA; Great Britain;

    Abstract : Industrialization and the emergence of a manufacturing sector are generally perceived as key drivers for countries to see economic growth and increases in living standards. Only 200 years ago, most countries were relatively poor and had similarly low living standards. READ MORE

  7. 5. Service Logic in Digitalized Product Platforms : A Study of Digital Service Innovation in the Vehicle Industry

    Author : Soumitra Chowdhury; Maria Åkesson; Michel Thomsen; Magnus Bergquist; Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; digital services; premises; digital service innovation; digitalized product platforms; service logic; Data- och informationsvetenskap; Computer and Information Sciences Computer Science; digital Services; premises; digital service innovation; digitalized product platforms;

    Abstract : The digitalization of products has become an important driver for service innovation in manufacturing firms. The embedding of digital technology in previously non-digital products creates digitalized product platforms that enable digital service innovation. READ MORE