Editorial Column—Service Science and Network Science

[Excerpt] Service science is a big umbrella under which many new and traditional results can find their comfortable places. However, as a creditable scientific field, it has to provide the premium that comes from the coalescence of the parts: the uniquely service science results that come from, e.g., the intersection of science, management and engineering. Jim Spohrer's declaration of interdependence (see the editorial column, Service Science, 1(1)) squarely places the focus on value cocreation in a digitally connected world. I concur.

[Service Science, ISSN 2164-3962 (print), ISSN 2164-3970 (online), was published by Services Science Global (SSG) from 2009 to 2011 as issues under ISBN 978-1-4276-2090-3.]