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COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs (2021)
Journal Article
Gardner, M., Webber, D. J., Parry, G., & Bradley, P. (2021). COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs. Local Economy, 36(6), 524-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942211056034

Economic policies tend to downplay social and community considerations in favour of market-led and business-focussed support. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for greater and deeper social cohesion and local social support networks while hi... Read More about COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs.

Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses (2021)
Report
Bradley, P., Gardner, M., Parry, G., & Webber, D. (in press). Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses. Repository: Power to Change and DEAS

This study arose out of a three-year longitudinal study exploring the values held by community business leaders and how these values impact on the financial and social sustainability of their businesses. The final wave of interviews with leaders took... Read More about Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses.

Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities (2021)
Journal Article
Green, E., Ritchie, F., Bradley, P., & Parry, G. (2021). Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 32, 992–1008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-020-00311-9

The financial well-being of the charity sector has important social implications. Numerous studies have analysed whether the concentration of income in a few sources increases financial vulnerability. However, few studies have systematically consider... Read More about Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities.

Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Kharlamov, A. A., & Parry, G. (2020). Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis. International Journal of Business Environment, 11(3), 336-346. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2020.110896

Servitisation is a strategic transition of firms towards the creation of additional value through services. In this study, we adopt a data-driven approach and assume that company activity descriptions are representative of their activity and partly r... Read More about Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis.

How additive manufacturing allows products to absorb variety in use: Empirical evidence from the defensive industry (2020)
Journal Article
Davies, P., Parry, G., Alves, K., & Ng, I. (2022). How additive manufacturing allows products to absorb variety in use: Empirical evidence from the defensive industry. Production Planning and Control, 33(2-3), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1810763

The normative assumption holds that a product’s structural and functional elements are fixed pre-production to support manufacturing efficiency. Firms servitizing are faced with delivering resources for customers in context and absorbing contextual v... Read More about How additive manufacturing allows products to absorb variety in use: Empirical evidence from the defensive industry.

A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models (2019)
Journal Article
Bradley, P., Parry, G., & O'Regan, N. (2020). A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 21, 57-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2019.10.007

© 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers This paper presents a framework to enable case study analysis of sustainable development from business models innovation. Increasing economic development can give rise to trade-offs between economic growth and... Read More about A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models.

Managing personalization-privacy paradox of digital services: A systematic literature review (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Mingwei, H., Parry, G., & Kharlamov, A. (2019, June). Managing personalization-privacy paradox of digital services: A systematic literature review. Presented at Data for Policy, London on 11-12 June, London, England

Presentation on personalization privacy paradox

Managing the personalization-privacy paradox: A systematic literature review (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hsu, M., Kharlamov, A., & Parry, G. (2019, June). Managing the personalization-privacy paradox: A systematic literature review. Presented at Data for Policy, London, England

Effective utilization of personal data contributes to greater customer satisfaction and provides a better fit between the offer and the customer needs, which can be leveraged as competitive advantage. However, consumers may be reluctant to share thei... Read More about Managing the personalization-privacy paradox: A systematic literature review.

Managing personalization-privacy paradox of digital services: A systematic literature review (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Mingwei, H., Parry, G., & Kharlamov, A. (2019, May). Managing personalization-privacy paradox of digital services: A systematic literature review. Presented at 6th Competitive Advantage in the Digital Economy (CADE) Forum

Presentation on personalization privacy paradox

Does business model experimentation in dynamic contexts enhance value capture? (2018)
Journal Article
Vendrell-Herrero, F., Parry, G., Opazo-Basáez, M., & Sanchez-Montesinos, F. J. (2018). Does business model experimentation in dynamic contexts enhance value capture?. International Journal of Business Environment, 10(1), 14-34. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2018.10014424

Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Established theory suggests that firms experiment with business models in dynamic contexts. However, the relationship between business model experimentation and organisational performance remains unclear... Read More about Does business model experimentation in dynamic contexts enhance value capture?.

Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations (2018)
Journal Article
Loonam, J., Eaves, S., Kumar, V., & Parry, G. (2018). Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations. Strategic Change, 27(2), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2185

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Digitally enabled organizations are supported by new information and communication technologies, referred to as digital technologies, which increasingly promise enormous opportunities for growth. The study reviews 10... Read More about Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations.

Digital business models: Taxonomy and future research avenues (2018)
Journal Article
Vendrell-Herrero, F., Parry, G., Bustinza, O. F., & Gomes, E. (2018). Digital business models: Taxonomy and future research avenues. Strategic Change, 27(2), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2183

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Digital technologies reshape the competitive landscape as firms develop new means of value creation, delivery, and capture. The implementation and suitability of digital business models depend largely on the resources... Read More about Digital business models: Taxonomy and future research avenues.

Windowing television content: Lessons for digital business models (2018)
Journal Article
Parry, G., Pogrebna, G., & Vendrell-Herrero, F. (2018). Windowing television content: Lessons for digital business models. Strategic Change, 27(2), 151-160. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2190

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. There is a market for successful distribution of television content using a Windowing strategy. This article investigates if a strategy where content is made available to consumers through different channels over time... Read More about Windowing television content: Lessons for digital business models.

Blockchain for good? Digital ledger technology and sustainable development goals (2017)
Book Chapter
Adams, R., Kewell, B., & Parry, G. (2017). Blockchain for good? Digital ledger technology and sustainable development goals. In W. Filho, R. Marans, & J. Callewaert (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science, 127-140. Springer International Publishing AG 2018

Blockchain technology (aka Distributed Ledger Technology or DLT) is a novel configuration of Peer-to-Peer, cryptographic and distributed computing technologies that have the potential to shift the internet from an internet of information to an intern... Read More about Blockchain for good? Digital ledger technology and sustainable development goals.

The future of money and further applications of the blockchain (2017)
Journal Article
Adams, R., Parry, G., Godsiff, P., & Ward, P. (2017). The future of money and further applications of the blockchain. Strategic Change, 26(5), 417-422. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2141

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Blockchain technology provides an exciting application space for innovation in diverse domains but threatens disintermediation for organizations providing a trusted and auditable account of ownership and transactions.... Read More about The future of money and further applications of the blockchain.

Visibility and digital art: Blockchain as an ownership layer on the Internet (2017)
Journal Article
McConaghy, M., McMullen, G., Parry, G., McConaghy, T., & Holtzman, D. (2017). Visibility and digital art: Blockchain as an ownership layer on the Internet. Strategic Change, 26(5), 461-470. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2146

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Visibility of digital art and its ownership can be achieved using blockchain technology as part of a broader solution for the identification, attribution, and payment for digital work. A case study is provided of a fi... Read More about Visibility and digital art: Blockchain as an ownership layer on the Internet.

Blockchain for good? (2017)
Journal Article
Kewell, B., Adams, R., & Parry, G. (2017). Blockchain for good?. Strategic Change, 26(5), 429-437. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2143

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The blockchain innovation appears to represent viable catalysts for achieving global sustainable development targets. Projects and initiatives seeking to extend the reach of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) seem... Read More about Blockchain for good?.

Selling digital services abroad: How do extrinsic attributes influence foreign consumers’ purchase intentions? (2017)
Journal Article
Vendrell-Herrero, F., Gomes, E., Collinson, S., Parry, G., & Bustinza, O. F. (2018). Selling digital services abroad: How do extrinsic attributes influence foreign consumers’ purchase intentions?. International Business Review, 27(1), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.06.003

© 2017 The Authors This article investigates, through the country-of-origin effect and value-in-use lenses, how the implementation of digital services creates opportunities for cultural industries to expand internationally. We argue that intrinsic at... Read More about Selling digital services abroad: How do extrinsic attributes influence foreign consumers’ purchase intentions?.

Co-creating value: Through the gate and beyond (2017)
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Parry, G., & Green, E. (2017). Co-creating value: Through the gate and beyond

Under the government’s “Transforming Rehabilitation – A Strategy for Reform” the work of the probation service moves into private organisational hands with the aim of providing more scope for innovation. This project asks not what service can be prov... Read More about Co-creating value: Through the gate and beyond.

Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability (2017)
Journal Article
Goh, Y. M., Newnes, L. B., Thenent, N. E., Settanni, E., & Parry, G. (2017). Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability. International Journal of Production Economics, 186, 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.01.018

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Long-term support agreements such as availability-based contracts are often associated with the servitization of business models in such sectors as defence aerospace. In practice, there is no unambiguous way of linking availabili... Read More about Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability.