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Read more at: Webinar - Investigating risks of outcome-based service contracts from a provider's perspective
Webinar - Investigating risks of outcome-based service contracts from a provider's perspective

Webinar - Investigating risks of outcome-based service contracts from a provider's perspective

11 April 2017

Webinar by Dr Jingchen Hou, on 10 April 2017 'Investigating risks of outcome-based service contracts from a provider’s perspective'


Read more at: Risks of Outcome-Based Service Contracts
Risks of Outcome-Based Service Contracts

Risks of Outcome-Based Service Contracts

21 February 2017

February Paper on 'Investigating risks of outcome-based service contracts from a provider's perspective' by Jingchen Hou and Andy Neely


Read more at: Jingchen Hou Comment Piece on Supplying Innovation
Jingchen Hou Comment Piece on Supplying Innovation

Jingchen Hou Comment Piece on Supplying Innovation

17 May 2016

In a comment on the University Research Site Jinchen Hou comments on how members of complex supply chains can form alliances, in order to unlock the innovation that’s often hiding within individual companies


Read more at: Webinar - Supplying Innovation - Jingchen Hou
Webinar - Supplying Innovation - Jingchen Hou

Webinar - Supplying Innovation - Jingchen Hou

10 May 2016

Supplying Innovation - Unlocking Innovative Behaviours in the Supply Chain - Jingchen Hou, Cambridge Service Alliance, and Keith Wishart, IBM


Read more at: Podcast Interview - Supplying Innovation: unlocking innovative behaviours in the supply chain
Podcast Interview - Supplying Innovation: unlocking innovative behaviours in the supply chain

Podcast Interview - Supplying Innovation: unlocking innovative behaviours in the supply chain

13 April 2016

Interview with author, Jinchen Hou, on the white paper 'Supplying Innovation: unlocking innovative behaviours in the supply chain', co-authored with IBM.


Read more at: Supplying Innovation - Unlocking Behaviours in the Supply Chain
Supplying Innovation - Unlocking Behaviours in the Supply Chain

Supplying Innovation - Unlocking Behaviours in the Supply Chain

21 March 2016

March Paper on 'Supplying Innovation - Unlocking Innovative Behaviours in the Supply Chain', by Jingchen Hou, Keith Wishart, Jonathan Baker-Brian, Claire Vine


Read more at: Barriers to Servitization
Barriers to Servitization

Barriers to Servitization

26 March 2015

The October 2013 paper on 'Barriers to Servitization: Results of a Systematic Literature Review' by Jingchen Hou and Andy Neely


Read more at: Effects of Social Capital on Risks Taken by Suppliers in Outcome-Based Contracts
Effects of Social Capital on Risks Taken by Suppliers in Outcome-Based Contracts

Effects of Social Capital on Risks Taken by Suppliers in Outcome-Based Contracts

26 March 2015

The April 2014 Paper on 'Case Studies: Analysing the Effects of Social Capital on Risks Taken by Suppliers in Outcome-Based Contracts' by Jingchen Hou and Andy Neely


Read more at: Performance Based Contracts

Performance Based Contracts

Risks of Performance-based Contracts – A Social Capital Perspective Performance-based contracts (PBC) are contracts where the “customer’s focus is on contracting a performance goal or outcome rather than on how to achieve this goal” (Hypko et al.,2010). The aim of this research is to study the...


Cambridge Service Alliance

Welcome to the Cambridge Service Alliance…

  • A unique global alliance between the University of Cambridge and some of the world’s leading businesses.

  • Help organisations to address the challenges they will face in the next three to five years, through rigorous research, practical tools, insights and education programmes.

  • Learn how other innovative organisations are developing new services through our events

  • Since its inception in 2010 industrial partners have included BAE Systems, Caterpillar, GEA, IBM, Pearson, Zoetis, CEMEX, HCLTech and Bouygues