On the Experience, Problems in Science and Technology Services of Basic Scientific Research Institutes and Suggestions——Taking Zhenjiang Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Hilly Areas of Jiangsu as an Example

Taking the Jiangsu Province as Zhenjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Hilly Areas of an example, the paper elaborated the advanced practices of agricultural research institutes in agricultural science and technology services and analyzed the difficulties and solutions in the services. process of science and technologyservices.

Development and Pull-through of Climate Science to Services in China

1. IntroductionThe impacts arising from climate change and climate variability pose major challenges to global and regional security and economic prosperity（UNFCCC,2015）.Some regions are more at risk than others, through heightened exposure to climatic hazards, and high vulnerability and exposure to such hazards. China, with its rapid economic development, large and growing population, and frequent occurrence of disasters associated with heavy rainfall, flooding, tropical cyclones,

A2A Relationships in Service Contexts

This work aims at developing the actor-to-actor （A2A） relationship concept in service contexts enhancing the contribution of the systems theories. The most recent progresses related to the research on the service, as a matter of fact, highlight how the nowadays co-creation processes are key elements in each service context. Both the Service Science （SS） and the Service Dominant （S-D） logic analyse the importance of the role played by the numerousness of actors involved in the service exchange because of the resources held （and released） and the contribution they can offer. System theories, and in particular the Viable System Approach, offer the possibility of an holistic perspective able to re-interpret the same characterizing mechanisms of the value co-creation. In the following parts of the work it will presented a conceptual analysis based on the contribution of the VSA, the SS and the S-D logic, whose scientific proposals will be developed and critically analysed in order to verify the proposition coherence in terms of A2A relationships within the value co-creation process. The relational perspective of the Service Eco-systems shows a view open to network in relation to economic and social actors, where each organization can be considered as an actor because it is actively committed in the value co-creation development, going beyond the difference between the user, the producer, or the exchange facilitator. Therefore, the contribution proposes some progresses compared with the business to business （B2B） approach and literature, through the introduction of the new A2A interaction concept within the service context for the indistinct role that the actors play in the value co-creation process. In this perspective, the contribution introduces the research line focused on the service, giving attention, afterwards, to the service system context, in order to analyse the features of these systems with the specific goal of identifying its peculiarity. The contribution proceed with the presentation of the systems thinking, and in particular the VSA contribution, directed toward the description of the gaps that the authors identify in the present research attempting to offer some orientations for the comprehension and the improvement of the service systems and of their planning and management implications. The contribution finally proposes an integrated interpretation of the several emerging paradigms （VSA, SS and S-D logic） seeking an in-depth-analysis of the A2A relationships in the service contexts.

Preface to Special Issue on Climate Science for Service Partnership China

This special issue of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences provides a selection of research highlights from the Climate Science for Service Partnership China （CSSP China）. This pioneering partnership between China and UK based researchers has broken new ground in the development of climate science for services. By accelerating and enhancing collaborative science, CSSP China has built a strong foundation for services to support climate and weather resilient economic development and social welfare in China and the UK. In presenting some of the collaborative work undertaken in the project, this special issue illustrates the advantages of a sustained and ambitious scientific partnership developing leading edge research to support the climate services of the future. In this preface, we describe the genesis of the CSSP China project to develop science for services, explain the structure of the project, and consider some of the potential legacies.

Adjusting the information service strategies according to users' requirements—A survey of the library users' information requirements in the four library systems of Zhejiang province

Based on a survey of the circumstances of the information requirements in social science from more than 3,800 library users in 48 libraries of the four major library systems in Zhejiang Province,this paper analyzes the present main characteristics of the users' requirements to the social science document information and puts forward some proposals for adjusting the document information service strategies for the library and information institutions.

Shifting paradigm to service-dominant logic via Internet-of-Things with applications in the elevators industry

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how latest technology Internet-of-Things(IoT)can enable/facilitate traditional manufacturing firms shifting to more servicecentred business perspective.Service-dominant(S-D)logic has emerged to provide the right perspective,vocabulary and assumptions on which to build a servicecentred alternative to the traditional goods-dominant(G-D)paradigm for understanding economic exchange and value creation and has been identified as an appropriate philosophical foundation for the development of service science([Maglio,P.P.,&Spohrer,J.(2008).Fundamentals of service science.Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science,36,18-20;Maglio,P.P.,Vargo,S.L.,Caswell,N.,&Spohrer,J.(2009).The service system is the basic abstraction of service science.Information Systems and e-business Management,7,395-406]).S-D logic is in its current state of development is conceptual and few empirical studies exist to test such a logic realized in real business applications.On the other hand,IoT is a novel paradigm recently envisioned as a global network of machines and devices capable of interacting with each other to reach desired business goals in the real world.However,there is considerable research on IoT technical specifications but less elaboration on real business applications.This paper aims to describe IoT as a critical vehicle when manufacturing firms desire to transit to a more S-D and value co-creation business model,with an in-depth real business case study in the elevators industry.This paper aims:(1)to explain the distinction between G-D logic and S-D logic and its implication for manufacturing firms,(2)to examine how IoT can facilitate the transition from key S-D logic managerial implication perspective and(3)to conduct a case study in a new service offering of an elevator service business when transition to more S-D mindset by adoption of IoT,the purpose aims to examine whether the underlying technology can bring different ways of thinking when deploying a new industrial service offering.