Abstract
In order to remain competitive, IPS² providers have to react flexibly to changes which are caused by environmental dynamics and the long duration of the business relationship. To ensure this, the provider can provision flexibility either by short-term or long-term actions which differently affect the IPS² profitability. Accordingly, the paper at hand focuses on two research questions: 1) How can the provider estimate the economic effects of short-term and long-term flexibility measures? 2) How do these measures influence the dynamics of IPS² business models? To answer these questions, the authors use the approach of System Dynamics (SD) and illustrate the economic effects of integrating flexibility in the IPS² business model. A conceptual case study of a German solution provider is presented to exemplarily show how decision support is provided by SD.
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Meier, H., Steven, M., Boßlau, M., Alevifard, S. (2013). Modeling of Flexibility within Dynamic IPS² Business Models – A Conceptual System Dynamics Case Study. In: Meier, H. (eds) Product-Service Integration for Sustainable Solutions. Lecture Notes in Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30820-8_48
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