In the will of openess and exchange characterizing research worldwide,
we are attempting to establish a community in which theoretical arguments and empirical research on business models are
shared to create cumulative knowledge and fill the gap between academics and practitioners, This website launched in May 2008
will be enriched progressively thanks to your contributions. We invite scholars rooted in any discipline (economics, strategy,
marketing, information systems, HRM, finance…) to become members of the community by adding themselves to the research
directory and by posting their working papers, call for papers or announcements.
Authors from any discipline may consider a submission of business model related working paper
to our database of online papers. Practitioners may also submit their reflections and analyses on the topic.
Both quantitative and qualitative analyses are welcome. Papers concerning any kind of organizations (firms, non-profit
organizations, government….) and any industry are welcome. Papers may be submitted in any language.
Register and submit so that our community becomes over time more comprehensive and larger !
11 - 2011
EURAM Conference 2011, Special Track Business Model
Although they undoubtedly existed throughout the industrial era and even before, it was not until very recently that the concept of business models gained significant public and academic attention. According to their most general definition, business models reflect “how firms do business” (Amit, Zott, 2010, p. 4) or “describe the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value” (Osterwalder, Pigneur, 2010, p. 14). Drivers of the arising interest in the concept include the emergence of the internet and related ebusiness activities, the growing role of knowledge in general, as well as industry-specific restructuring efforts (Teece, 2010). Once consciously taken into consideration by academics and in practice, business models became widely acknowledged as crucial drivers of innovation. Chesbrough (2010, p. 354) points out that “technology itself has no single objective value … until it is commercialized in some way via a business model”. As summarized by Teece (2010, p. 172), “without a well-developed business model, innovators will fail to either deliver – or to capture – value from their innovations.”
For more details click here.
11 - 2011
SPECIAL ISSUE ON BUSINESS MODELS IN THE JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE COSTING AND ACCOUNTING (see pdf) THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS MODELS (CREBS) - see www.crebs.aau.dk on 24 November 2011.
For more details click here.
10 - 2010
Call for paper 2011
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (IJPD)
Special issue on “Business Model Innovation” Editors Joakim Björkdahl & Magnus Holmén, Chalmers University, Sweden.
For more details click here.
10 - 2010
Call for paper 2011
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION
(ISMO)
Issue on
“Business Models in Creative Industries”
Editors
Andrea Runfola, University of Perugia, Italy
Vanessa Warnier, University of Lille 1, France
During the last twenty years, many changes occur in creative industries, particularly as far as the
performance expectations and measures are concerned. This Special Issue deals with the tension
between developing a sustainable business model and the need to be and remain free and innovative
in the creative industries.
Business model can be defined as the way an organization operates to ensure its sustainability, and it
is related to the value proposition of the firm, the internal and external organization and the resource
and competences held by the company. Business model, that was introduced in the 50’s, is more and
more interesting to academics from various disciplines in management and economics. This interest
in the concept lies in the debates about the business-specific factors of performance. As it is
polysemic, the business model is used in heterogeneous contexts to describe different realities of
organizations. This issue focuses its attention on the creative industries. Creative industries refer to a
range of economic activities which are concerned with the generation or exploitation of knowledge
and information. They may also be referred to as the creative economy or the cultural industries.
Contributions to this issue may concern organizational and/or interorganizational levels of analysis
in such creative industries as art, architecture, advertising, crafts, design, fashion, films, music,
performing arts, publishing, software, games and video games, TV and radio. We welcome all kinds
of papers, whether theoretical, methodological or empirical as far as they create an original
contribution to the study of business models in the creative industries.
The following may be considered as examples of suitable, although not exclusive, topics for this
Special Issue:
- Business model evolution in creative industries;
- Innovative business models in creative industries;
- Sustainability of the business model in creative industries;
- Creativity, freedom and business model;
- Creativity, value creation in creative industries;
- International comparison of business models in creative industries;
- Network and business model in creative industries.
- Barriers and tensions in business model evolution in creative industries;
- Business model and innovation in creative industries;
- Performance expectations in creative industries and implications for business models;
Time schedule:
- Interested contributors are requested to submit an extended abstract (between 1500 and
2,000 words) by December 10th 2010. Following ISMO guidelines principal authors have to
be non US-scholars; co-authors may be from the US. The abstract should clearly highlight:
the aim of the paper; the main contributions; the methodology, results and implications.
Abstracts will be selected by the editors of the issue.
- First contributors notification by December 31st 2010
- Full papers must be submitted by February 15th 2011 (max 8,000 words) and will be
subjected to a review process.
All manuscripts should follow the general guidelines for authors of
International Studies of Management & Organization
(more details here).
Manuscripts must not have been published or be under consideration in other journals.
Please submit your manuscript electronically to each of the ISMO Guest Editors:
Andrea Runfola, University of Perugia, Italy (andrea.runfola@unipg.it)
Vanessa Warnier, University of Lille 1, France (vanessa.warnier@iae.univ-lille1.fr)
06 - 2010
Call for paper 2010
International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, more details here
Special Issue on Business Models, Cooperative Strategies and Competitiveness
Business models play a critical role in achieving and sustaining impactful profitable innovations. In several industries, standards can be key element of business model. We are keen to have research-based artifacts that explore role of cooperative strategies and business models for international standards. Research artifacts suitable for inclusion in the special issue include:
• Original empirical research contributions that have explored linkages among CS, innovation and competitiveness
• Case studies of an effective way to leverage CS for competitiveness or innovation
• Exemplars of rigorous theory induction in competitiveness to develop strong constructs and testable propositions
• Examples of how to use multiple case studies as a way of deductively testing strong constructs
More details, here.
11 - 2009
The Chair of Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship | Zeppelin University invites PhD candidates with a research focus lying in the field of business model innovation to a research workshop at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen (Germany).
Focusing on a rather small group of participants, the goal of the event is
- to create an informal workshop setting allowing researchers to intensively engage in a discussion about their own work,
- to get a feeling for what is happening in this field and
- to link up with people who have an extended interest in this topic.
Date: 10-11 December 2009 Location: Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany
09 - 2009
Alex Osterwalder's new book "Business Model Generation" is coming soon. You can access a free sample of the book right here : http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com
09 - 2009
Universia Business Review's special issue on Business Model is now available.
Including:
Modelo de Negocio: El eslabón perdido en la dirección estratégica
Business Model : The Missing Link in Strategic Management
Joan E. Ricart
Mango S.A.: Reinventando el sector de la moda
Mango S.A.: Reinventing the fashion sector
Silvia Rodríguez-Donaire, Enric Casi y Xavier Carbonell
Metalquimia S.A.: Socializar y sistematizar la innovación
Metalquimia S.A.: Socializing and systematizing the innovation
Silvia Rodríguez-Donaire y Josep Lagares
Cómo conseguir un alto crecimiento en un mercado maduro: El caso Naturhouse
Achieving high growth in a mature market: The NaturhouseCase
Marc Sosna, Rosa Nelly Trevinyo-Rodríguez y S. Ramakrishna Velamuri
Innovando en el Modelo de Negocio: La Creación de la Banca Cívica
Innovating in the Business Model : The Creation of Civic Banking
Luis Vives y Silviya Svejenova
Evolución de modelos de negocio: Hacia una visión de la estrategia en términos de coherencia dinámica
Business Models Evolution: Towards a Dynamic Consistency View of Strategy
Benoît Demil y Xavier Lecocq
Innovación del modelo de negocio: creación de valor en tiempos de cambio
Business Model Innovation: Creating Value In Times Of Change
Raphael Amit y Christoph Zott
Modelos de Negocio y Nueva Economía Industrial
Business Models and the New Industrial Organization
Vicente Salas-Fumás
09 - 2009
The institute for information and communication management at the German University Speyer is currently conducting a research project on “Business Model Research Areas“.The objective is to gain a better understanding of the needs in future Business Model Research. After completion of the study, the group of researcher are happy to share the results with you and send you a management summary of the findings.
If you have any questions or are interested in the findings, please do not hesitate to contact Sebastian Ullrich (ullrich@dhv-speyer.de)
To participate, click here
08 - 2009
Business Models' sessions at the Academy of Management Annual Conference:
- The Role of Business Models in E/M-Commerce Innovations, 7th august 2009
- Business Model Innovation and Industry Architectures, 10th august 2009
- Integrating Business Models in Strategy, Organization and Entrepreneurship Research, 11th august 2009
02 - 2009
AIM Research Event, "The Dynamics of Products, Services and Business Models: Innovation, Risk and Employment in Business-to-Business Markets". 25th March 2009, RSA, off the Strand, Central London. Contact: Martin Spring.
07 - 2008
Two European journals (M@n@gement and Long Range Planning -LRP) collaborate to publish articles dedicated to
Business Models in special issues released in 2009.
Articles have to be submitted for september 2008.
For any information:
contact@businessmodelcommunity.com