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.
Enabling Digital Transformation: An Analysis Framework by Thayla Zomer, Andy Neely & Veronica Martinez
Embracing the opportunities offered by digitalisation is one of the main challenges and priorities for contemporary firms. The transformation of business processes to take advantage of new digital technologies, however, is a complex issue that affects all segments of a company and remains poorly understood in both theory and practice. According to Forbes Magazine, one in eight digital transformation initiatives succeeds, and more than 50% fail completely. Moreover, cases of firms that have had their market values languished despite having invested in digital transformation strategies have also been recognised. Why some companies have not achieved the expected outcomes and what are the characteristics of firms that are performing digital initiatives and experiencing a growth in their market value, however, remain scarcely explored in the literature. Therefore, this study attempts to shed light on the firms’ characteristics and the aspects of their digital transformation initiatives that are related to positive performance. We identified strategic, cultural and structural characteristics that distinguish companies that are experiencing positive outcomes and can be considered as digitally maturing firms. This study provides insights for practitioners regarding the relevant dimensions of a successful transformation initiative, as it is critical to understand how organisations manage their digital transformation and the organisational aspects involved in such transformations.
May Paper - Enabling Digital Transformation: An Analysis Framework
May Paper on 'Enabling Digital Transformation: An Analysis Framework' by Thayla Zomer, Andy Neely and Veronica Martinez
How Can Hackathons Accelerate Corporate Innovation?
April paper on 'How Can Hackathons Accelerate Corporate Innovation?' by Myrna Flores, Matic Golob, Doroteja Maklin, Martin Herrera, Christopher Tucci, Ahmed Al-Ashaab, Leon Williams, Adriana Encinas, Veronica Martinez, Mohamed Zaki, Lourdes Sosa & Karina Flores Pineda
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.
