Purpose - Purpose of this contribution is to develop the notion of A2A relationships in service contexts (Gummesson, 2008; Gummesson and Polese, 2009; Vargo and Lusch, 2011) valorizing systems theories contributions. Recent service research advances highlight how much value co-creation processes are...

This paper highlights the contribute deriving from network theories, and specifically from Many-to-Many logic and from Viable System Approach to the emerging theories on service. Network Theories indeed are themselves interdisciplinary theories, and have been approached in many disciplines such...

The objective of this paper is to review recent developments in service theory and systems theory with a view to identifying common features between the two. In particular, the study explores the issue of whether so-called ‘smart service systems’ can be understood in terms of the ‘viable...

The aim of this chapter is to identify the key dimensions of service systems and to describe how they interact in the process of value co-creation. The four key dimensions identified in the analysis are: customers; people (including employees and other stakeholders); information; and technology....

Today an engineer can easily happen to use economic models and refer to economic theories within his design, just as easily a sanitary operator may adopt most recent production and service strategies in order to perform his duties. This is due to modern service logics, which is not confined any...