Competitiveness Review ISSN: 1059-5422 Dear all, We are proud to present the issue 27.1 of the Competitiveness Review. This Special Issue features four papers and one editorial. The issue deals with the subject of: integrating services into manufacturing: Servitization and Territorial Competitiveness. The issue is available on the Competitiveness Review homepage<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/cr/27/1>. You may access the articles by following the links below. Organisational change towards servitization: a theoretical framework<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/CR-03-2015-0015> Ali Ziaee Bigdeli , Tim Baines , Oscar F. Bustinza , Victor Guang Shi Competitiveness Review, 2017, Vol. 27:1, pp. 12 - 39 Service orientation as a strategic marketing tool: the moderating effect of business sector<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/CR-02-2015-0012> Afef Benyoussef Zghidi , Imed Zaiem Competitiveness Review, 2017, Vol. 27:1, pp. 40 - 61 Digital dark matter within product service systems<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/CR-11-2014-0037> Ferran Vendrell-Herrero , Vasileios Myrthianos , Glenn Parry , Oscar F. Bustinza Competitiveness Review, 2017, Vol. 27:1, pp. 62 - 79 Are KIBS beneficial to international business performance: Evidence from the Basque Country<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/CR-07-2015-0066> Bart Kamp , Iņigo Ruiz de Apodaca Competitiveness Review, 2017, Vol. 27:1, pp. 80 - 95 Servitization for territorial competitiveness: taxonomy and research agenda<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/CR-02-2016-0005> Ferran Vendrell-Herrero , James R. Wilson Competitiveness Review, 2017, Vol. 27:1, pp. 2 - 11 Editorial Best regards, Philippe Gugler, Center for Competitiveness, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Christian Ketels, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, USA Editors-in-Chief Competitiveness Review ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.