Microfoundations of Organizational Competence for Servitization

Tim Posselt and Angela Roth

Journal of Competences, Strategy & Management, 2017, vol. 9, 85-107

Abstract: Despite the various benefits of servitization, the yielded returns are often inadequate to generate sustainable competitiveness. The prevalence of this so-called service paradox is closely related to the insufficient theoretical explanation of how firms achieve competitiveness through servitization. We address this research gap by conceptually developing a framework and research propositions for competitiveness based on the Competence-based Theory of the Firm. We achieve the following contributions: (1) presenting a structured overview of the previously unconnected microfoundations of organizational competence for servitization, and (2) developing conceptually grounded research propositions for further empirical work on competitiveness through servitization.

Keywords: servitization; organizational competence; microfoundations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L22 L80 M10 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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