purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the roots of the emerging research stream on service modularity, provide a concise … overview of existing work on the subject, and outline an agenda for future research on service modularity and architecture. The … articles in the special issue offer four diverse sets of research on service modularity and architecture. Design …

present in the service modularity concept can be used to develop a design that is deemed appropriate by professionals.  …’s functionality with their professional norms, values and established practices. Originality/value The study adds to service … modularity theory by formulating three trade-offs that are required in translating the core modularity principles into a …