Co-Creation of E-Services Enabled by the Digitalization of Physical Products

: With the advent of digitalization, e-services are now enabled by embedded digital technologies in physical products such as vehicles, elevators, construction equipment. In spite of numerous instances of e-services enabled by the digitalization of physical products, little research has been carried...

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Autor: Chowdhury, Soumitra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/138241
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.usp.br/jistem/article/view/138241
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:e-services
co-creation
digitalization
physical products
ANT
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Sumario:: With the advent of digitalization, e-services are now enabled by embedded digital technologies in physical products such as vehicles, elevators, construction equipment. In spite of numerous instances of e-services enabled by the digitalization of physical products, little research has been carried out to investigate the characteristics of co-creation of such e-services. This paper attempts to fill the gap by reporting from a three-year long research project with a vehicle manufacturing company. Using the translation phases from the Actor-Network theory (ANT) as a theoretical lens, this paper presents three propositions that characterize the co-creation of e-services enabled by the digitalization of physical products. The propositions highlight the role of physical products, establishment of trust and setting priorities about digitalization.