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Abstract. The growing demand for integrated solutions forces manufacturers of industrial goods to combine their products with service components to ProductService Systems, or Extended Products (EP). The new value proposition of the EP and the required network of business partners are not included in the traditional business models of manufacturing companies. A business model represents the implementation of an industrial strategy in respect to its specific elements. The purpose of this paper is to investigate classic strategies in manufacturing and new strategic approaches to help manufacturers transform their business models for EP. A special focus is given to value innovation and collaboration in Manufacturing Service Ecosystems (MSE). In an MSE, different organizations and individuals can work together with common or complementary objectives on new value added combinations of manufactured products and product-related services. The approach is exemplified by the transformation of the business model of a machine tool manufacturer.

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services. AbstractPurpose -Collaborative networks (CN) are organizational forms that are especially enabled by innovations in the area of information and communication technologies. For an in-depth understanding of CN a theoretical foundation is required. The purpose of this paper is to explain goal-oriented and opportunity-based CN with the help of existing and well-known organization theories. A detailed overview about frequently mentioned concepts and theories in network studies is given and then a structured selection of theoretical approaches that are aiming to explain CN is discussed in detail. Finally, ten aspects for the existence and efficiency of CN are derived. Design/methodology/approach -The approach taken in this work is based on a literature review and an impact analysis of the investigated organization theories along the life cycle of CN. Findings -The result of the analysis shows that none of the investigated theories is able to describe the complex phenomenon of CN entirely and to clear all knowledge deficits. Therefore, multiple theories need to be considered as foundation. Originality/value -This research represents a contribution to the theoretical body of knowledge in the field of CN. More specifically, it represents a first initial step towards the explanation of certain aspects of CN by means of existing organization theories.

max(a).biba.uni'bremen.de, tho(S).biba.uni~bremen.de, esc&.biba.uni-bremen.de As products are getting more complex, it often requires various enterprises with certain key competencies to produce a product in collaboration in e.g. a virtual organization. The resulting specialization leads to an increased demand for knowledge. Thus, especially interorganisational learning gains importance. As a consequence of the stated developments, the way of working and thus the educational requirements have changed as well. Performance skills about the processes and challenges within interorganisational product development and-learning are becoming vital to efficiently participate in future working scenarios. This paper describes the research approach, development and evaluation of a web based group simulation game that has been built to address these new educational demands.