Narratives of value co-creation : Elderly's understanding of their own role in the value co-creation process

• The purpose of this study is to investigate the value (co-)creation processes initiated by the users of a home-based monitoring service. We adopt a narrative approach to analyze a series of interviews to investigate these processes. Our results show three narratives - Value for the present- and the future-self, Service use and resource integrators and users as initiators, and Conditions for meaningful use - that the participants expressed. Through these narratives, the role of the user, the service and the service ecosystem (or system) is identified. The paper contributes to further understanding of the dynamics underpinning value (co-)creation processes by providing an empirically grounded investigation of value initiation practices amongst the elderly.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Elderly care

Narratives

Remote monitoring services

Service Logic

Value (co-)creation

Value initiation

Value spheres

Information systems

Creation process

Home-based

Meaningful use

Monitoring services

Service ecosystems

Value co creations

Information use

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