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Business models along supply chain position and servitisation: An empirical investigation of European manufacturers

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  • Levente Szász

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Economics and Business Administration in Hungarian Language, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.)

  • Krisztina Demeter

    (Institute of Business Economics, Logistics and Supply Chain Management Department, Corvinus University of Budapest)

Abstract

Competitive pressures of the world economy are continuously reshaping the global supply chains of manufacturing firms. At the same time, global competition is altering the nature of output offered by manufacturers, shifting it towards a higher share of service elements. The goal of this paper is to investigate how these two factors are combined, using a sample of manufacturing companies from 13 European countries belonging to the assembly industries of fabricated metal products, machinery and equipment. The results indicate that different business models became dominant in the less developed Eastern European and the developed Western European region. Involving measures of business performance and reasons for plant location, this study also argues that in terms of service offerings and supply chain position, other types of business models can coexist and successfully prevail in the two regions.

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  • Levente Szász & Krisztina Demeter, 2015. "Business models along supply chain position and servitisation: An empirical investigation of European manufacturers," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 65(3), pages 367-391, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:65:y:2015:i:3:p:367-391
    Note: This research was supported by the Domus Hungarica scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (DM/76/2012).
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    Cited by:

    1. Levente Szász & László Seer, 2018. "Towards an operations strategy model of servitization: the role of sustainability pressure," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 51-66, June.
    2. Masi, Antonio & Pero, Margherita & Abdelkafi, Nizar, 2023. "Supply chain antecedents of servitization: A study in ETO machinery companies," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 258(C).

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    Keywords

    internationalisation; outsourcing/offshoring; supply chain; servitisation; business models;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C42 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Survey Methods
    • F29 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Other
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management

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