Business model

About: Business model is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 31509 publications have been published within this topic receiving 599504 citations.

New business ventures and the entrepreneur

Abstract: Part I: Introduction: What is Entrepreneurship? Chapter 1 A Perspective on Entrepreneurship Case 1.1 The Aravind Eye Hospital, Madural, India: In Service for Sight Case 1.2 R&R Case 1.3 Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born Case 1.4 Endeavor: Determining a Growth Strategy Part II: Recognizing and Analyzing Opportunity Chapter 2 Some Thoughts on Business Plans Chapter 3 Note on Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur Chapter 4 Valuation, Financing and Capitalization Tables in the New Venture Context Chapter 5 How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities Case 2.1 Beta Golf Case 2.2 Zipcar: Refining the Business Model Case 2.3 Keurig Case 2.4 Crunch Part III: Assembling Intellectual, Human and Financial Resources Chapter 6 The Legal Protection of Intellectual Property Chapter 7 New Venture Financing Chapter 8 Deal Structure and Deal Terms Case 3.1 Sheila Mason and Craig Shepherd Case 3.2 NanoGene Technologies, Inc. Case 3.3 Business Plan for Room for Dessert: Adding Unique Ingredients to Life's Balancing Act Case 3.4 Walnut Venture Associates (D): RBS Deal Terms Case 3.5 Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A) Part IV: Managing the Early-Stage Venture Chapter 9 Managing Risk and Reward in the Entrepreneurial Venture Chapter 10 The Legal Forms of Organization Case 4.1 ONSET Ventures Case 4.2 E Ink: Financing Growth Case 4.3 Valhalla Partners Due Diligence Case 4.4 MAC Development Corp. Part V: Managing Growth and Realizing Value Chapter 11 Managing the Growing Venture Case 5.1 KIPP National (A) (Abridged) Case 5.2 Innocent Drinks Case 5.3 Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe Case 5.4 Kendle International, Inc. Case 5.5 RightNow Technologies Case 5.6 Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A)

Managing Business Complexity: Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

Abstract: Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS), a way to simulate a large number of choices by individual actors, is one of the most exciting practical developments in business modeling since the invention of relational databases. It represents a new way to understand data and generate information that has never been available before-a way for businesses to view the future and to understand and anticipate the likely effects of their decisions on their markets and industries. It thus promises to have far-reaching effects on the way that businesses in many areas use computers to support practical decision-making. Managing Business Complexity is the first complete business-oriented agent-based modeling and simulation resource. It has three purposes: first, to teach readers how to think about ABMS, that is, about agents and their interactions; second, to teach readers how to explain the features and advantages of ABMS to other people and third, to teach readers how to actually implement ABMS by building agent-based simulations. It is intended to be a complete ABMS resource, accessible to readers who haven't had any previous experience in building agent-based simulations, or any other kinds of models, for that matter. It is also a collection of ABMS business applications resources, all assembled in one place for the first time. In short, Managing Business Complexity addresses who needs ABMS and why, where and when ABMS can be applied to the everyday business problems that surround us, and how specifically to build these powerful agent-based models.

Open Innovation: Past Research, Current Debates, and Future Directions

Abstract: Executive Overview The concept of open innovation has recently gained widespread attention. It is particularly relevant now because many firms are required to implement open innovation, despite the difficulties associated with managing these activities. After providing a definition of open innovation delimiting it from open source, an overview of prior research is given, which identifies the following important topics of earlier open innovation research: technology transactions, user innovation, business models, and innovation markets. In light of current controversial debates about the value of the open innovation framework, we evaluate the literature and assess whether open innovation is a sustainable trend rather than a management fashion. On this basis, we present a conceptual framework that provides the foundation for discussing critical open innovation processes and their implications for managing open innovation at the organizational, project, and individual level. Thus, we assess the multilevel de...

Ride on! Mobility Business Models for the Sharing Economy

Abstract: The public perception of shared goods has changed substantially in the past few years. While co-owning properties has been widely accepted for a while (e.g., timeshares), the notion of sharing bikes, cars, or even rides on an on-demand basis is just now starting to gain widespread popularity. The emerging “sharing economy” is particularly interesting in the context of cities that struggle with population growth and increasing density. While sharing vehicles promises to reduce inner-city traffic, congestion, and pollution problems, the associated business models are not without problems themselves. Using agency theory, in this article we discuss existing shared mobility business models in an effort to unveil the optimal relationship between service providers (agents) and the local governments (principals) to achieve the common objective of sustainable mobility. Our findings show private or public models are fraught with conflicts, and point to a merit model as the most promising alignment of the strengths of agents and principals.

Crowdfunding of Small Entrepreneurial Ventures

Abstract: An inherent problem that entrepreneurs face at the very beginning of their entrepreneurial initiative is to attract outside capital, given the lack of collateral and sufficient cash flows and the presence of significant information asymmetry with investors. Recently, some entrepreneurs have started to rely on the Internet to directly seek financial help from the general public (the “crowd”) instead of approaching financial investors such as business angels, banks or venture capital funds. This technique, called “crowdfunding”, has made possible to seek capital for project-specific investments as well as for starting up new ventures. In this book chapter (forthcoming in the Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance at Oxford University Press), we discuss crowdfunding as an alternative way of financing projects, with a focus on small, entrepreneurial ventures. We provide a description of crowdfunding and discusses existing research on the topic, putting crowdfunding into perspective of entrepreneurial finance and thereby describing factors affecting entrepreneurial preferences for crowdfunding as source of finance. We elaborate different business models used to raise money from the crowd, in particular with respect to the structure of the crowdfunding process. Building on this discussion, we present and discuss extensively a case study, namely Media No Mad (a French startup). Finally we conclude with recommendations for entrepreneurs seeking to make use of crowdfunding and with suggestions for researchers about yet unexplored avenues of research.