International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 37 Issue 6

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Table of contents - Special Issue: Service modularity and architecture

Guest Editors: Saara A. Brax, Anu Bask, Juliana Hsuan, Chris Voss

Service modularity and architecture – an overview and research agenda

Saara A. Brax, Anu Bask, Juliana Hsuan, Chris Voss

Services are highly important in a world economy which has increasingly become service driven. There is a growing need to better understand the possibilities for, and requirements…

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Evolution of modularity literature: a 25-year bibliometric analysis

Thomas Frandsen

The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze the modularity literature to identify the established and emerging perspectives.

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What professionals consider when designing a modular service architecture?

Manda Broekhuis, Marjolein van Offenbeek, Monique Eissens-van der Laan

The purpose of this paper is to explore how functional and appropriateness arguments influence the adoption of modularity principles during the design of a professional service…

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Exploring modularity in services: cases from tourism

Viktor Avlonitis, Juliana Hsuan

The purpose of this paper is to examine how modularity manifests in the design of services. The study brings new insights on the organization of service firms by empirically…

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Modularizing specialized hospital services: Constraining characteristics, enabling activities and outcomes

Katariina Silander, Paulus Torkki, Paul Lillrank, Antti Peltokorpi, Saara A. Brax, Minna Kaila

Modularity promises to relieve problems of complexity in service systems. However, limited evidence exists of its application in specialized hospital services. The purpose of this…

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ISSN:

0144-3577

Online date, start – end:

1980

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Tobias Schoenherr
  • Prof. Constantin Blome
  • Robert D. Klassen