Ritala, Paavo, Andreeva, Tatiana, Kosonen, Miia and Blomqvist, Kirsimarja (2011) A problem-solving typology of service business. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 9 (1). pp. 37-45. ISSN 1479-4411
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Abstract
In this study, we sketch a “problem-based perspective” of the service business, following the latest
theoretical developments in the field of the knowledge-based view of the firm and the related problem-solving
perspective. In particular, we approach services as “problems to be solved” for and with the customer. Our paper
outlines a framework in which the knowledge processes regarding service delivery are conceptualized on two axes:
1) the intensity of knowledge sharing and co-creation of services between the provider and the customer and 2) the
nature of the problem-solving process regarding the service delivery. Based on the developed conceptual framework,
we provide implications concerning the organizing of various types of services in terms of the different problem-solving processes they require. Furthermore, after identifying the distinctive problem-solving processes with the help
of the typology, theoretical and practical implications for service and knowledge management are discussed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | services; service business; knowledge, co-creation; problem solving; typology; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
Item ID: | 15889 |
Depositing User: | Tatiana Andreeva |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2022 15:00 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management |
Publisher: | Academic Conferences and Publishing International (ACPI) |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/15889 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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