Each Month we released a paper in our Monthly Paper Series, which showcases a piece of research being undertaken by one of our researchers. They are primarily academic papers, and can be either working papers or published research. On each paper we try to highlight how the paper may be of interest to our partner, or other industrial, audiences. Often the topic of the monthly paper will have an associated Podcast, Webinar and/or Blog for further clarification and dissemination to academic and industrial audiences.
The most recent released is listed below, with the following table showing previous papers released.
A Service Network Perspective to Evaluate Service Matching in Early Design
by Federico Barravecchia,Fiorenzo Franceschini, Luca Mastrogiacomo
Typically, companies struggle to differentiate their offer from others in a crowded market and new service-oriented strategies are often proposed to gain a competitive advantage. This paper introduces the concept of service network as a network of interconnected service systems which exchange resources and customers, achieving similar or different outcomes, and propose similar or different value propositions. Performances of a service system could be influenced by the other service systems that compose the network. Many cases of service networks can be observed in different contexts. The design of a service network necessarily includes actions aimed at the assessment of the relationships resulting from the service matching process, i.e. the process of combining a new service with one or more existing services. The aim of this paper is to present Service Relationship Deployment (SRD), a tool to support service designers when dealing with the service matching problem. Three key factors are considered to capture the essence of the SRD method: (i) the study of service networks based on a systematic approach that considers perceived quality; (ii) the analysis of the possible effects of a service matching on customers and on operational and protection resources (iii) a step toward incremental innovations based on the optimization of service relationships and on resource integration.
March Paper - A Service Network Perspective to Evaluate Service Matching in Early Design
March paper on 'A Service Network Perspective to Evaluate Service Matching in Early Design' by Federico Barravecchia, Fiorenzo Franceschini, Luca Mastrogiacomo
High-Quality Prediction Intervals for Deep Learning: A Distribution-Free, Ensembled Approach
February Paper on High-Quality Prediction Intervals for Deep Learning: A Distribution-Free, Ensembled Approach by Tim Pearce, Mohamed Zaki, Alexandra Brintrup, Andy Neely
Wearable Sensor Technology and Business
Contextually Defined Postural Markers Reveal Who’s in Charge: Evidence from Small Teams Collected with Wearable Sensors by Julius Dietzel, R. Elena Francu, Benjamin Lucas, and Mohamed Zaki
December Paper - Buyers Dependence and Financial Performance
December 2017 Paper by Ornella Benedettini and Andy Neely on 'Does buyers’ dependence translate into financial performance? An empirical analysis of manufacturer-service provider relationships'
Digital Business Transformation and Strategy
November Paper by Mariam H. Ismail, Mohamed Khater, Mohamed Zaki on 'Digital Business Transformation and Strategy: What do we know so far?'
October Paper - Big Data Analytics Architecture for Businesses
The October Monthly Paper from the Cambridge Service Alliance, on 'Big Data Analytics Architecture for Businesses, by Mert Onuralp Gökalp, Kerem Kayabay, Mohamed Zaki, Altan Koçyiğit, P. Erhan Eren, and Andy Neely
Outcome-oriented contracts in logistics outsourcing relationships
September Paper by Torsten Steinbach, Carl Marcus Wallenburg and Florian Urmetzer, on using outcome-oriented contracts to foster performance improvements in logistics outsourcing relationships.
Barriers and Facilitators to Incident Reporting in Servitized Manufacturers
July Paper by Chara Makri, on Barriers and Facilitators to Incident Reporting in Servitized Manufacturers.
A Systems Perspective on Business Model Evolution
June Paper Release on ‘A Systems Perspective on Business Model Evolution: The Case of an Agricultural Information Service Provider in India’ by Chander Velu
Bridging the Co-Creation Gap
May Paper Release on ‘Bridging the Co-creation Gap Between Co-creators, Companies and Living Lab’ by Katharina Greve, Veronica Martinez and Andy Neely
Business Ecosystems: Towards a Classification Model
April 2017 Paper on 'Business Ecosystems: Towards a Classification Model' by Florian Urmetzer, Andy Neely and Veronica Martinez
Exploring the Journey to Services
March paper on 'Exploring the Journey to Services', by Veronica Martinez, Andy Neely, Chander Velu, Stewart Leinster-Evans and Dav Bisessar.
Risks of Outcome-Based Service Contracts
February Paper on 'Investigating risks of outcome-based service contracts from a provider's perspective' by Jingchen Hou and Andy Neely
A Process for B2B Partnerships - designing to deliver capability across companies
Executive Briefing and Podcast on B2B Partnership - designing to deliver capability across companies.
Ecosystems Value Framework Paper
The December Paper on 'The Ecosystem Value Framework: Supporting Managers to Understand Value Exchange between Core Businesses in Service Ecosystems', by Florian Urmetzer, Veronica Martinez and Andy Neely.
Classification of Noisy Data
November paper on 'Classification of Noisy Data: An Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms and Voronoi Tessellation' by Abdul Rauf Khan, Henrik Schiøler, Torben Knudsen, Murat Kulahci and Mohamed Zaki
Customer Loyalty Predictive Model Paper
The October 2016 paper by Mohamed Zakie, Dalia Kandeil, Andy Neely and Janet McColl-Kennedy, on 'The Fallacy of the Net Promoter Score: Customer Loyalty Predictive Model'.
Feedback from the Frontline: Engaging front-line employees in service innovation
Latest executive briefing on engaging front-line employees in service innovation, by Florian Urmetzer, Stefan Titz, Veronica Martinez and Andy Neely
Critical Incidents in Complex Service Contracts
July paper on 'Critical Incidents in Complex Service Contracts: Safety Challenges and Means of Prevention' by Chara Makri and Andy Neely
Service in the Platform Context
June paper on 'Service in the Platform Context: A review of the state of the art' by Xia Han, Veronica Martinez and Andy Neely
Facilitating co-creation in living labs: The JOSEPHS study
May paper on 'Facilitating co-creation in living labs: The JOSEPHS study', by Katharina Greve, Veronica Martinez, Julia Jonas, Andy Neely and Kathrin Möslein
Engineering Services - Unpacking Value Exchange
April paper on 'Engineering Services: Unpacking Value Exchange', by Florian Urmetzer, Andy Neely, Veronica Martinez
Supplying Innovation - Unlocking Behaviours in the Supply Chain
March Paper on 'Supplying Innovation - Unlocking Innovative Behaviours in the Supply Chain', by Jingchen Hou, Keith Wishart, Jonathan Baker-Brian, Claire Vine
A Small-scale Analysis of Health Service Stakeholder Networks: Insights from Social Media
February Paper on 'A Small-scale Analysis of Health Service Stakeholder Networks: Insights from Social Media' by Jessica Wyllie, Benjamin Lucas, Brent Kitchens, Ben Kozary, Mohamed Zaki, and Jamie Carlson
Seven Critical Success Factors in the Shift to Services
Latest Executive Briefing on Critical Success Factors in the Shift to Services, by Veronica Martinez, Andy Neely, Florian Urmetzer, Neil Allison, Monica Lund, Dav Bisessar, Thomas Bucklar, Stewart Leinster-Evans, Graham Pennington and Daniel Smith
Why Do Servitized Firms Fail - A Risk-Based Expanation
The December paper 'Why Do Servitized Firms Fail - A Risk-Based Explanation' by Ornella Benedettini, Andy Neely and Morgan Swink
Knowledge Management Capabilities of Lead Firms in Innovation Ecosystems
The November 2015 paper on 'Knowledge Management Capabilities of Lead Firms in Innovation Ecosystems' by Chander Velu
Industry Conditions and Product Firms’ Choice to Offer Services
The October 2015 paper on 'How Do Industry Evolution and Industry Conditions Prompt Product Firms to Offer Services?' by Ivanka Visnjic, Sam Arts & Dimo Ringov.
Case Study: Moving Towards a Data-Driven Business Model (DDBM) in the Online Newspaper Publishing Industry
Moving Towards a Data-Driven Business Model (DDBM) in the Online Newspaper Publishing Industry Mohamed Zaki, Tor Lillegraven and Andy Neely Cambridge Service Alliance, University of Cambridge
The Internet of Animal Health Things - Opportunities and Challenges
Case Study Report The Internet of Animal Health Things: Opportunities and Challenges Daniel Smith, Scott Lyle, Al Berry, Nicola Manning, Centre for Digital Innovation, Zoetis Mohamed Zaki, Andy Neely, Cambridge Service Alliance, University of Cambridge
