Knowledge is the key to gaining and sustaining competitive advantage. Driven by a change in consumer needs towards “comprehensive service solutions”, more and more services are offered through networks. By so doing, individual firms can concentrate on their distinctive competencies and by...

The tertiary sector is the growth area of the 21st Century. Not only are the pure service providers driving the expansion of its high-speed service-proven system concepts. Product manufacturers have long recognized that they and their sales organizations in the service sector have a role in the...