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Overview

Tim Baines is a researcher affiliated with Aston University in the United Kingdom, specializing in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans multiple subfields including Marketing, Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Sociology and Political Science.

The researcher's contributions focus largely on topics such as Service and Product Innovation, Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Information Systems Theories and Implementation, Persona Design and Applications, and Digital Platforms and Economics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tim Baines include Ali Ziaee Bigdeli, Kawaljeet Kaur Kapoor, Andreas Schroeder, Parikshit Naik, and Ahmad Beltagui.

Tim Baines has a record of publications in several academic venues with multiple papers in the Academy of Management Proceedings. Other notable journals where papers have appeared include the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Service Management Research, and the Journal of Business Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tim Baines include:

  • A socio-technical view of platform ecosystems: Systematic review and research agenda, 2021, Journal of Business Research
  • Digitally enabled advanced services: a socio-technical perspective on the role of the internet of things (IoT), 2020, International Journal of Operations & Production Management
  • Paradoxes in servitization: A processual perspective, 2021, Industrial Marketing Management
  • Guest editorial: the future of servitization in a digital era, 2022, Journal of service management
  • Guest editorial, 2021, International Journal of Operations & Production Management

In addition to articles, Tim Baines has contributed to book publications, including the book Servitization Strategy published in 2024 by Palgrave Executive Essentials.

Best Publications

  • State-of-the-art in product-service systems

    Tim Baines;Howard W. Lightfoot;Steve Evans;Andy Neely

  • The servitization of manufacturing: A review of literature and reflection on future challenges

    Tim S. Baines;Howard W. Lightfoot;Ornella Benedettini;John M. Kay

  • Digital servitization business models in ecosystems : A theory of the firm

    Marko Kohtamäki;Marko Kohtamäki;Vinit Parida;Vinit Parida;Pejvak Oghazi;Heiko Gebauer;Heiko Gebauer

  • Servitization: revisiting the state-of-the-art and research priorities

    Tim Baines;Ali Ziaee Bigdeli;Oscar F. Bustinza;Victor Guang Shi

  • Towards an operations strategy for product-centric servitization

    Tim Baines;Howard Lightfoot;Joe Peppard;Mark Johnson

  • Servitization of the manufacturing firm: exploring the operations practices and technologies that deliver advanced services

    Tim Baines;Howard W. Lightfoot

  • The servitization of manufacturing: A systematic literature review of interdependent trends

    Howard Lightfoot;Tim S. Baines;Palie Smart

  • Made to Serve: How Manufacturers can Compete Through Servitization and Product Service Systems

    Tim Baines;Howard Lightfoot

  • Product-service innovation and performance: the role of collaborative partnerships and R&D intensity

    Oscar F. Bustinza;Emanuel Gomes;Emanuel Gomes;Ferran Vendrell-Herrero;Tim Baines

  • Developing and evaluating a methodology for business process improvement

    Sola Adesola;Timothy Baines

  • Servitization and Competitive Advantage: The Importance of Organizational Structure and Value Chain Position

    Oscar F. Bustinza;Ali Ziaee Bigdeli;Timothy S Baines;Cindy Elliot

  • Capabilities for advanced services: a multi-actor perspective

    Vicky M. Story;Chris Raddats;Jamie Burton;Judith Zolkiewski

  • Improving supply chain performance through improved visibility

    Paul A. Bartlett;Denyse M. Julien;Tim S. Baines

  • State-of-the-art in lean design engineering:a literature review on white collar lean

    Tim S. Baines;Howard Lightfoot;G.M. Williams;Richard Greenough

  • Servitization within manufacturing: exploring the provision of advanced services and their impact on vertical integration

    Timothy Baines;Howard Lightfoot;Palie Smart

  • Examining green production and its role within the competitive strategy of manufacturers

    Tim Baines;Steve Brown;Ornella Benedettini;Peter David Ball

  • Key success factors when implementing strategic manufacturing initiatives

    Enrique Minarro-Viseras;Timothy Baines;Mike Sweeney

  • Framing the Servitization Transformation Process: A Model to Understand and Facilitate the Servitization Journey

    Timothy S Baines;Ali Ziaee Bigdeli;Rui Sousa;Andreas Schroeder

  • Servitization of manufacture: Exploring the deployment and skills of people critical to the delivery of advanced services

    Tim Baines;Howard Lightfoot;Palie Smart;Sarah Fletcher

  • Humans: the missing link in manufacturing simulation?

    Tim Baines;Stephen Mason;Peer-Olaf Siebers;John Ladbrook

  • Servitization and Competitive Advantage: The Importance of Organizational Structure and Value Chain Position: A Survey of Multinational Companies Shows That Increased Differentiation and High Customer Satisfaction Are Fundamental to Achieving Competitive Advantage with Services

    Oscar F. Bustinza;Ali Ziaee Bigdeli;Tim Baines;Cindy Elliot

Frequent Co-Authors

Oscar F. Bustinza
Oscar F. Bustinza University of Granada
Ferran Vendrell-Herrero
Ferran Vendrell-Herrero University of Edinburgh
Steve Evans
Steve Evans University of Cambridge
Marko Kohtamäki
Marko Kohtamäki University of Vaasa
Joe Peppard
Joe Peppard University College Dublin
Andy Neely
Andy Neely University of Cambridge
Ashutosh Tiwari
Ashutosh Tiwari University of Utah
Heiko Gebauer
Heiko Gebauer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Morgan Swink
Morgan Swink Texas Christian University
Ashutosh Tiwari
Ashutosh Tiwari University of Sheffield

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