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Value Co-creation for Smart Villages : The Institutionalization of Regional Service Ecosystems (2020)
Lintula, J. M., Päivärinta, T., & Tuunanen, T. (2020). Value Co-creation for Smart Villages : The Institutionalization of Regional Service Ecosystems. In ICIS 2020 : Proceedings the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (Article 1330). Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2020/digitization_in_cities/digitization_in_cities/2/
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Lintula, Juuli M.K.; Päivärinta, Tero; Tuunanen, Tuure
Parent publication: ICIS 2020 : Proceedings the 41st International Conference on Information Systems
Conference:
- International Conference on Information Systems
Place and date of conference: India, 13.-16.12.2020
eISBN: 978-1-7336325-5-3
ISSN: 1026-1079
Publication year: 2020
Article number: 1330
Publisher: Association for Information Systems
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
Persistent website address: https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2020/digitization_in_cities/digitization_in_cities/2/
Publication open access: Not open
Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/84763
Abstract
Building a versatile portfolio of public and private digital-enabled services is vital in rural and sparsely populated regions, where traditional market mechanisms alone cannot guarantee the availability of essential services. However, contemporary services tend to build on prevalent institutions, often governed by decisions based on market mechanisms, such as economies of scale – service-by-service and village-by-village. A shift is suggested towards networks of smart villages co-creating value as regional service ecosystems. We draw from institutional theory and employ the Service-dominant logic (SDL) framework in investigating value co-creation in rural villages in Sweden. Analyzing 53 laddering interviews, we derive scripts encoding institutional principles for innovating bundles of digital-enabled services. The study brings forth novel insight for e-government research and practice, and the SDL discourse therein, on outlining required institutional practices and institutional work to counteract plain market mechanisms for governing value co-creation on smart rural service portfolios.
Keywords: service business; value creation; regional economy; network economy; new economy; countryside; non-built-up areas; villages; institutionalism
Free keywords: co-creation; institutionalization; regional service ecosystems; smart villages
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Reporting Year: 2021
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