Category Archives: service-dominant logic of marketing

#Service #Innovation: The Book

I was THRILLED when these five glossy paperbacks were delivered to my home a few weeks ago! Service Innovation, An eighteen month collaboration with three professors from the CTF Service Research Center at Karlstad University, Sweden, was now tangible. What was it like to collaborate on a book with researchers 6,691 km away? Continue reading

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All Products are #Service – Watch out Small Business?

A central theme in the new book Service Innovation is that “All Products are Service” and that all businesses accordingly should focus on the value-creation and experience of users. A recent blog post notes the phenomena “Everything as a Service” arguing that servicization bodes ill for small business. Continue reading

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Innovation books – what do we NEED?

The process of coming up with a long list of 16 favorite innovation books got me to thinking about What is missing – What is the Blue Ocean space in popular innovation reading?

I think I found two blue patches – Do you spot others?? Or do you think I missed a great book in those patches? Continue reading

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Otago Forum 2

 In a recent posting I discussed the issue of service dominant logic versus service science and cited a paper presented at the Otago Forum 2. The Forum has kindly posted ALL of the papers from the conference online. I am … Continue reading

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All products are service

SDL in the real world An interesting story in The Economist about the success of Rolls Royce in aircraft engines reaffirms the SDL of marketing: all products are service. The article states that some of RR’s success is due to … Continue reading

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