Innovating through services, co-creation and supplier integration: Cases from China

Zhang, Min, Zhao, Xiande, Voss, Chris and Zhu, Guilong (2016) Innovating through services, co-creation and supplier integration: Cases from China. International Journal of Production Economics, 171 (2). pp. 289-300. ISSN 0925-5273

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Abstract

To develop and gain competitive advantage, Chinese manufacturers are innovating by developing solutions that include both tangible and intangible components. Service-dominant logic, which views supply chains as co-creation and resource integration networks, provides a useful perspective for investigating the roles of services, suppliers and customers in innovation. This study empirically explores how innovations are developed through services, co-creation with customers and supplier integration in China. This study uses an exploratory multiple-case-study approach. The data collection involves six manufacturing firms from the Pearl River Delta in China. We empirically identify two types of services (support services and solution services), two methods of co-creation (information acquisition and co-production) and two types of integration (internal integration and supplier integration). This study finds that support services and internal integration positively associate with information acquisition from customers. Solution services require both supplier integration and co-production with customers. This study contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence on the roles of services in innovation and how to acquire resources and knowledge that is critical for innovation through collaboration with supply chain partners. The findings also provide guidelines to managers on how to use services, co-creation and integration to innovate efficiently and effectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	innovation,services,co-creation,supplier integration,service-dominant logic
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Innovation, Technology and Operations Management
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2015 07:13
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 01:16
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55776
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.09.026

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