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How to Trigger the Strategic Advantage of Product Service Systems

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This chapter analyses the topic of servitization and PSS with a particular attention to the main strategic issues involved. It has the aim of presenting and explaining some new strategies in developing servitization, linked to recent or renewed business trends and models.

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  1. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Annarelli

  2. University of Udine, Udine, Italy

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  3. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Fabio Nonino

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Annarelli, A., Battistella, C., Nonino, F. (2019). How to Trigger the Strategic Advantage of Product Service Systems. In: The Road to Servitization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12251-5_4

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