Sustainable Product-Service Systems by Marko Kohtamäki

Sustainable Product-Service Systems by Marko Kohtamäki

The sustainable consumption of resources is at the heart of most strategies to address climate change. Servitization towards sustainable smart product-service systems is one of the central means of coping with the paradox of sustainable growth. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of product-service systems (PSS), which offer a more efficient sharing-based service business model, and particularly the role of digital innovation to create more sustainable PSS models. 

There is a need for increased knowledge regarding the content and process of servitization towards sustainable smart product-service systems. This book combines studies from global experts, exploring sustainable product-service systems in a variety of organizational contexts. Individual chapters explore artificial intelligence, circular economy, value capture, supply chain, and many other topics. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of servitization, operations management, digital business and innovation strategy.

Marko Kohtamäki is a Professor of Strategy, and a director of the "Strategic Business Development" (SBD) research group at the University of Vaasa, and a Visiting Professor at Luleå University of Technology. His research interests include servitization, digitalization, business model innovation, and strategy-as-practice.

Rodrigo Rabetino is Professor of Strategy in the School of Management and a researcher in the "Strategic Business Development" (SBD) research group at the University of Vaasa, Finland.

Vinit Parida is a Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Luleå University of Technology and Scientific Leader for NorrlandsNavet-A Kamprad center for SMEs business development and growth. He is also member of Swedish Minisity's high-level group (regeringens samverkansgrupper) on digital transformation of Swedish Industry. His research interests include digitalization transformation, business model innovation, organizational capabilities, servitization, industrial ecosystem, and circular economy. He has published 200+ international journal articles, conference papers and industry reports.

David Sjödin is an associate professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden and a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at University of South Eastern Norway. He conducts research on the topics of servitization, AI, digitalization, innovation ecosystems, and business model innovation in collaboration with leading global firms and regularly consults industry and government. He has published 50+ papers in distinguished international journals, including California Management Review, Long Range Planning, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Technovation and others. He is the recipient of multiple awards for his research.

Tim Baines is Professor of Operations Strategy and Executive Director of the Advanced Services Group at Aston University, UK.

Ali Ziaee Bigdeli is Professor of Industrial Service Innovation at The Advanced Services Group at Aston Business School, Aston University, UK.