Smart Service Innovation An Ecosystem Perspective on Organization, Design, and Assessment

This book aims to improve the understanding of smart service innovations. It contributes to evidence-based knowledge about service systems engineering and its embedding in service ecosystems, in particular how existing reference process models can be extended by considering actors, roles, activities and methods. At the same time, it aims to stimulate discussions on how methods from different disciplines can be used and combined for the development of various aspects of Smart Service Systems. Thus, the book offers support for practitioners to better organize and execute SSI projects and to develop internal competencies.

Introduction.- Conceptual Background.- Current Approaches to the Development of Service Systems.- Research Approach.- Summary of Findings.- Discussion.- Conclusion.

Jürgen Anke is a Professor of Software Engineering and Information Systems at the Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW), Germany. His research focuses on digital service ecosystems, in particular processes, methods, and models for service innovation as well as the use of digital identities in business and public administration. Prior to his appointment at HTW, he worked, among others, in SAP's Smart Items Research Program, as managing director of an IT startup for cloud-based logistics software, and at T-Systems as Principal Business Developer of IoT applications.