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Application of social construction on value creation in public transit services
ISSN
1694-0938
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2010-08-24
Author(s)
Gebauer, Heiko
Enquist, Bo
Johnson, Mikael
Abstract
Purpose: This paper enriches the theoretical foundation of value creation by linking value creation to value configuration spaces and social systems.
Design / Methodology / Approach: The theoretical argumentation is substantiated by qualitative data on four transformations in the value creation of the Swiss public transportation system.
Findings: The four transformations in the value creation can be named as integration of transportation means, international expansion, service extension and individual mobility. These transformations differ in the degree of resource integration and beneficiaries within the service system related to the provider and customer. These differences continue in social structures, positions, and roles. This provides empirical evidence on the link between value creation, value configuration spaces, and social systems.
Managerial Implications: Our findings enhance the managerial understanding of how value creation, value configuration spaces, and social systems are linked to each other.
Originality: The originality is twofold. First, this study departs from the previous understanding of transformation in value creation. We classify the transformation of value creation along two dimensions: degree of transformation in customer's resource integration and beneficiary (value-in-use), and degree of transformation in provider's resource integration and beneficiary (value-in-use). Second, distinct combinations in the degree of transformations interplay differently with value configuration spaces and social structures. We propose that the higher the degree of transformations in the value creation, the more importantly are enabling and constraining reproduction effects in the social structures.
Design / Methodology / Approach: The theoretical argumentation is substantiated by qualitative data on four transformations in the value creation of the Swiss public transportation system.
Findings: The four transformations in the value creation can be named as integration of transportation means, international expansion, service extension and individual mobility. These transformations differ in the degree of resource integration and beneficiaries within the service system related to the provider and customer. These differences continue in social structures, positions, and roles. This provides empirical evidence on the link between value creation, value configuration spaces, and social systems.
Managerial Implications: Our findings enhance the managerial understanding of how value creation, value configuration spaces, and social systems are linked to each other.
Originality: The originality is twofold. First, this study departs from the previous understanding of transformation in value creation. We classify the transformation of value creation along two dimensions: degree of transformation in customer's resource integration and beneficiary (value-in-use), and degree of transformation in provider's resource integration and beneficiary (value-in-use). Second, distinct combinations in the degree of transformations interplay differently with value configuration spaces and social structures. We propose that the higher the degree of transformations in the value creation, the more importantly are enabling and constraining reproduction effects in the social structures.
Language
English
Keywords
Social construction
value creation
value network
service systems
and public transit services
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Service imperatives in the new economy
Publisher
Faculty of Law and Management
Publisher place
Mauritius
Start page
12
Event Title
International Research Symposium in Service Management
Event Location
Mauritius
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
69103