Social media as a platform for service innovation

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Abstract

This paper focuses on how innovation takes place for enterprises using Facebook as a channel service innovation in the meeting between the enterprise and the customer. The paper presents two case studies on service innovation initiated through the ICT based customer encounter, where the ICT relation is based on social network technologies. Data for the two cases are collected through interviews and monitoring of Facebook activities. The cases show innovations take place but that the enterprises need a strategy and an organization behind for taking customer introduced ideas to a higher level.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISM 2012 workshop proceedings : Innovation through Social Media
EditorsAsbjørn Følstad, Anna Ståhlbröst, Esbjörn Ebbeseon, Jesper Svensson
Number of pages11
Place of PublicationTrondheim
PublisherAkademika forlag
Publication date2012
Pages87-97
Chapter10
ISBN (Print)978-82-321-0088-0
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventInnovation in Social Media - Oslo, Norway
Duration: 3 Dec 20123 Dec 2012

Conference

ConferenceInnovation in Social Media
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityOslo
Period03/12/201203/12/2012

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