Managing digital servitization: a service ecosystem perspective
2021 (English)In: Management and Information Technology after Digital Transformation / [ed] Peter Ekman; Peter Dahlin; Christina Keller, Routledge, 2021, p. 23-32Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
In this chapter, the authors argue that, in the absence of a clear management focus on how data will create value for customers, the incumbent firm’s digital servitization journey will fail. What is required is a purposeful and coordinated effort to manage the firm’s strong and weak business relationships. Hence, it is a journey that goes beyond the individual firm and encompasses integration of resources among actors embedded within a larger structure, the service ecosystem. Incumbent firms need to recognise that going digital does not mean they can cut all of their strong “analogue” links; they need to investigate which ones will continue to be important to create value for their customers. Otherwise, the firm risks becoming data-driven but lacking any contextual competences, knowledge or skills related to solving customers’ problems. A digital servitization transformation requires maintenance of a balance between weak and strong relationships linked to creating value for – and with – customers.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2021. p. 23-32
Series
Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology, ISSN 2155-9171
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-197580DOI: 10.4324/9781003111245-4ISBN: 9780367612764 (print)ISBN: 9781000451665 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-197580DiVA, id: diva2:1601365
2021-10-072021-10-072023-11-29Bibliographically approved