# Servitization in contract manufacturing – Evidence from Polar Business Cases

**Published:** 2016-11-07  
**Categories:** Akademiska publikationer, Publikationer  
**URL:** https://www.etla.fi/sv/publikationer/servitization-in-contract-manufacturing-evidence-from-polar-business-cases/

This paper contributes to the scholarly debate on the origins and nature of industrial servitization. By resorting to contract manufacturing as an empirical case, we posit that any product-service solution that a manufacturing firm is capable of delivering on a competitive basis mirrors its goals in value creation and capture, positioning within its value networks, and the pool of assets and competences it holds.

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