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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825768603321

Autore

Hsu Cheng <1951->

Titolo

Service science : design for scaling and transformation / / Cheng Hsu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44252-X

9786612442520

981-283-677-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/038011

Soggetti

Multidisciplinary design optimization

Engineering services marketing

Service industries - Design

System design - Information resources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Service, Knowledge Economy, and the Transformation of the Digitally Connected World; Chapter 2. Defining the Interdisciplinary Nature of Service Science: Some Research Problems; Chapter 3. Exploring New Frontiers: The Digital Connections Scaling Model; Chapter 4. The Population Orientation Paradigm and Cyber-Enabled Knowledge System Design; Chapter 5. Quintessential Digitally Connected Service: New Business Designs on the Web; Chapter 6. A Design Methodology for Service Cocreation Enterprise Information Systems: The DCS Contributions

Chapter 7. Instrumentation of the Environment: A Design for Connecting Cyberspace with Physical Infrastructure for Intelligent Network FlowsChapter 8. Collaboration of Independent Massively Distributed Information Resources: A Market Paradigm; Chapter 9. Service-Led Revolution: Empowerment of the Person and Collaboration of the Society; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Service science is an emerging field, but many still consider it lacking in substance. This book aims to change the situation by addressing the following questions: What is the big story about service? What are the main research problems in service? What does "a connected world"



mean? Does service require a different kind of design science? What will be the next waves of the Web? How to support universal value co-creation? How to unite Cyberspace wilt physical space? Is it feasible to connect information resources everywhere? To answer these questions, the book presents and substantiates a dig