• DOI:10.1108/00251741111163142
• Corpus ID: 56371572

Business Model Dynamics and Innovation: (Re)establishing the Missing Linkages

@article{Cavalcante2011BusinessMD,
  title={Business Model Dynamics and Innovation: (Re)establishing the Missing Linkages},
  author={S{\'e}rgio Cavalcante and Peter Kesting and John Parm Ulh{\o}i},
  journal={Management Decision},
  year={2011},
  volume={49},
  pages={1327-1342}
}

• S. Cavalcante, P. Kesting, J. Ulhøi
• Published 6 September 2011
• Business
• Management Decision

Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the need to dynamize the existing conceptualization of business model, and proposes a new typology to distinguish different types of business model change.Design/methodology/approach – The paper integrates basic insights of innovation, business process and routine research into the concept of business model. The main focus of the paper is on strategic and terminological issues.Findings – The paper offers a new, process‐based conceptualization of business model, which recognizes and integrates the role of individual agency. Based on this, it distinguishes and specifies four different types of business model change: business model creation, extension, revision, and termination. Each type of business model change is associated with specific challenges.Practical implications – The proposed typology can serve as a basis for developing a management tool to evaluate the impact of specific changes to a firm's business model. Such a tool would be particularly useful in identify...