This book aims to develop innovation theory by focusing on innovation in a consumer society. In an advanced consumer society, services dominate and are provided through digital as well as physical channels by local, national and global firms. This book aims to identify the ways in which value...

Motivation und Vorgehensweise im Projekt Unterstützung der Ausführung von flexiblen Dienstleistungsprozessen durch Augmented Reality (ARinFLEX) -- Digitalisierung flexibler Dienstleistungen.-Der Digitalisierungsindex für Dienstleistungsprozesse -- Digitale Reifegradmodelle für...

Julia M. Jonas examines stakeholder integration and its’ dynamics in the setting of service innovation in IT and manufacturing firms. Applying a service-dominant logic theory approach, the multiple case study research describes the implementation of stakeholder integration with its’...

Contents: 1. Service innovation research methods / Flemming Sørensen and Francesco Lapenta -- 2. Quantitative measurement instruments: a case of developing a method for measuring innovation in service firms / Jon Sundbo -- 3. The critical incident technique and everyday innovation / Lars...

Introduction -- Defining services -- The service economy -- Digital services -- Services for public interest -- The politics of service design -- Designing for services -- Getting started in the service design process -- Research and analysis -- Generating service design concepts -- Prototyping,...