Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Services Technology and Management

 

Special Issue on: "Collaborative Service Development"

Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Christiane Hipp and Dr. Birgit Verworn, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany

The value creation potential of inter-firm collaboration has accelerated a growing number of alliances during the past decade. Benefits in terms of innovation through collaboration encouraged increasing innovation partnerships in various industries. However, very few studies have analysed collaborative service development. One reason resides in a strong tradition of innovation research that promotes new technologies whilst most services industries are rarely considered to undertake formal R&D processes.

This special issue will investigate collaborative service development and its organisational structures with emphasis given to innovative services. Empirical studies, case studies, best practice and theoretical contributions are welcome.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:

Collaborative service development for innovative services

Trust in service development networks

Service development networks and human resource management

Management of service innovation networks

Knowledge creation and transfer in service development networks

Property rights in service development networks

Organisational aspects of service innovation networks

Collaborative service development, communication and boundary spanning

International service innovation networks

Joint service and manufacturing collaborative networks to foster service-product-co-design

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Full paper due: 31 August 2007

Notification of acceptance: 30 November 2007

Final version of paper due: 5 January 2008