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In the concluding chapter of the monograph, the reader will find summarizing conclusions and insightful discussion concerning servitization. Drawing on cross-disciplinary literature and case studies on the service-driven business model in farming and territorial servitization of rural regions through the efforts of rural development networks, the monograph identifies the principles and logic of post-industrial rural development paradigm building.

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Vidickienė, D. (2024). Discussion and Conclusions. In: Rural Transformation through Servitization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47186-5_11

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