Since 2019, we have honoured outstanding research with the Best Paper Award. Below is the list of papers that have received the prestigious award in each year.
2019
• Best Paper
Value Co-Creation Practices in Platform-Based PSI Systems: Cases from the Textile Sector in China
Jiamian Tian, Lei Shen, Paul Matthyssens & Wim Coreynen
2022
• Best Paper
Leading as a Complementor: Exploring the Evolution of Corporate Ecosystem Leader’s Role
Marin Jovanovic, Ivanka Visnjic, David Sjödin & Vinit Parida
• Runner-Up
Creating Markets for Autonomous Solutions: A Market-Shaping Perspective
Håkon Osland Sandvik, David Sjödin, Vinit Parida & Thomas Brekke
2023
• Best Paper
Dynamic Capabilities for Digital Servitization in the Finnish Power Electricity Sector: A Microfoundational Approach
Rodrigo Rabetino, Marko Kohtamäki, Nayeem Rahman & Tuomas Huikkola
• Runner-Up
Unfolding Service-Centric Business Model Innovation Across Geographic Markets
Leon Adler & Heiko Gebauer
2024
• Best Paper
Exploring the Role of Regional Policy in Territorial Servitization
Timon Urs Knapp, Martin Ebel, Bart Kamp, Jens Pöppelbuß, Lorea Narvaiza, Ciara O'Higgins
• Runner-Up
Coopetitive Tensions in the Aerospace Industry
Zsófia Tóth, Carlos Diaz Ruiz & Oliver Wirth
2025
• Best Paper
Managing Structural Holes in Digital Service Innovation Networks
Beheshte Momeni, Marko Kohtamäki
• Runner-Up
Understanding Capabilities of Ecosystem Management: The Case of Autonomous Solutions
Rocky Mahmud, Thomas Brekke, Vinit Parida, David Sjødin
• Best Early Career Contribution
Scaling Without Selling Out: How Ecosystem Alliances Empower Emerging Scaling-Up Firms
Yueling Zhou, Valentina Zancan
• Best Applied Contribution
Opportunities for Servitization Through AI-Empowered Services of the Bike Rental Business in Taiwan
Kuanchin Chen, Josip Marić, Ya-Han Hu
