Marko Bastl

TL;DR: A Product-Service System (PSS) as mentioned in this paper is an integrated combination of products and services that embraces a service-led competitive strategy, environmental sustainability, and the basis to differentiate from competitors who simply offer lower priced products.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present challenges experienced by UK manufacturing companies undergoing a servitization journey to becoming product-service providers using an exploratory single-case study approach based on semi-structured interviews, and archival data.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study approach was used to examine the tripartite relationship between a manufacturing company and two of its two suppliers, where the authors explored the perspectives of employees on multiple organisational levels and collected evidence on both sides of a relationship.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of Product Service Systems (PSSs) on the upstream supply chain has been investigated using case-based research, and the results indicated that for successful partnership it is important to align the objectives between PSS provider and suppliers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider coalition formation arising from power asymmetry in dyadic buyer-supplier relationships and formulate four coalition conditions under each coalition condition, framed in a supply network triad, and propose that a supplier in a weaker power position would try to create a coalition with another supplier to gain leverage against a common buyer.