.... effective interaction with customers and 4. effective implementation of AI. Figure 1 Effective integration of AI in business strategy Thanks to digital connections and advances in data availability, business models can be built from the intertwining of customers. We must simulate different...

... investigate the business models and competitive strategies of leading virtual specialty care startups with unicorn status (i.e. emerging, current and exited unicorns). Design/methodology/approach The authors performed an analysis of Crunchbase data to examine whether rising virtual care ventures target...

... with users or zero distance, which is the foundational principle of the business model that sustains and embraces the function of the firms in the ecosystem. Haier’s CEO considers that in the IoT, the core competitiveness is based on how many lifelong users are obtained and the capacity to meet all user...

...Justin Jahn; Sabine Bohnet-Joschko Purpose This study aims to investigate whether health insurers are transforming from pure payers into ecosystem-based health service companies. The authors discuss the findings’ impact on health insurers’ business model approach and their sources of competitive...

... Companies need to initiate fundamental review of their existing business models to adjust to long-term changes to the business environment created by the pandemic. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, there have been few comprehensive examinations of the business impact of a 5–10...

.... Strategy Competitive advantage Sustainability Business model innovation Business model Digital transformation Microfoundations Purpose Lean startup Competitive empathy Placing empathy at the core of strategic thinking and behavior gets managers to put themselves in customers’ shoes to uncover...

...Guillaume Do Vale; Isabelle Collin-Lachaud; Xavier Lecocq Purpose To cope with online competitors and new consumer behaviors, retailers need to hybrid digital and physical offerings to implement an omni-channel business model. This constitutes a digital transformation of the traditional business...

...Nancy Bocken; Paavo Ritala Purpose Circular business models can improve resource use in a financially and environmentally feasible way. However, companies struggle to choose among the vast variety of ways to achieve circularity within a business model. The purpose of this paper is to offer...

.... Findings Nikola Motors Co. uses a bundled business model in commercializing hydrogen-power technology used for heavy-duty truck manufacturing. Instead of focusing on a single product, Nikola’s business model created an ecosystem surrounding hydrogen fuel-cell electric heavy trucks, including hydrogen...

...Gaël Le Floc’h; Laurent Scaringella Purpose Literature on business models (BMs) has grown ve ry rapidly since the beginning of the twenty-first century, and although the theoretical and empirical literature has developed significantly, the number of practical and management-oriented studies...

... motivations and need to ally to grow. The positive and negative consequences of membership on the members’ business models are detailed. Insights to address and prevent the detrimental influences of membership on members’ business model are provided. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual study...

...Ryan Rumble; Niall Anthony Minto Purpose This paper aims to present a method for interpreting and reinterpreting business models as analogies to support the creation of new business model ideas. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the literature on cognitive frames and attention...

...Guy Parmentier; Romain Gandia Purpose This study aims to examine the way to develop a multi-sided logic for existing business models. More precisely, the objective is to find rules for designing a multi-sided business model from a one-sided business model. Design/methodology/approach Given...

...Meyer Haggège; Caroline Gauthier; Charles-Clemens Rüling Purpose The purpose of this paper is to help readers to better understand and manage the key drivers of business model performance. Design/methodology/approach This paper investigates research on business model performance to identify...

...Anna B. Holm; Franziska Günzel-Jensen Purpose The purpose of this article is to highlight the key points for succeeding with the freemium business model in online digital business from a strategic point of view. The freemium business model has recently become one of the most dominant business...

...Fernando G. Alberti; Mario A. Varon Garrido Purpose This paper aims to discuss hybrid organizations whose business models blur the boundary between for-profit and nonprofit worlds. With the aim of understanding how hybrid organizations have developed commercially viable business models to create...

... in business model experimentation but also look to embrace business model innovation as a core competency and a means for sustained competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach This paper outlines how a design process of experimenting and prototyping can apply to the design of business models...

...Loïc Plé; Xavier Lecocq Purpose – Researchers and practitioners usually consider that integrating customers in firms’ business models comes with positive consequences. However, customer integration may also detrimentally influence firms by limiting their strategic and operational latitude, which...

...Jaques Angot; Loïc Plé Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest that firms should transpose bottom-of-the-pyramid (BOP) strategies to top-of-the-pyramid (TOP) countries through adapted business models, noting that strategies usually apply to developing countries. This would enable them...

... – This paper utilizes a series of analytical methods to provide an exploratory understanding of Teekay's strategic positions. Teekay's business model will be analyzed in the context of social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends and SWOT analysis is also explored. Findings...