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This category is Business Model, exploring innovative strategies, revenue models, and operational frameworks that drive business success. It features expert insights on sustainability, scalability, and adaptation in an ever-evolving economic landscape.

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How to Attract and Keep Users on Peer-to-Peer Platforms

By Dr. Oliver Rossmannek The users of peer-to-peer platforms come and go, but they do so in very different ways. I outline four unique paths...
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The future of company events is ‘hybrid’ – but what does a great hybrid...

By Vanessa Lovatt, Chief Evangelist at Glisser  It feels like an awfully long time ago, but pre-pandemic, the events industry was riding the crest of a...
Business and University

Businesses Partnering with Universities Can Solve the Labor Crisis; Here’s How

By Pavel Podkorytov, Founder of TalentService The labor shortage that we are facing will not simply resolve over time if we sit by and wait....

After After-Sales: New Business Models Tempt, Fail Industry

By Olaf Plötner The after-sales-based business models of industrial enterprises are endangered. Simultaneously, modern data-based technologies enable the development of complex service solutions – so...

How the Next Wave of Innovators will Change the Fabric of the World

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier and Vedrana Savic The next wave of innovation will see products and services combining technology from across the digital, physical and biological...
Nanotechnology

6 Notable Innovations in The Nanotechnology Sector Worth Knowing

For decades, nanotechnology has held its head up high as the next big thing to watch out for. First introduced in 1959, nanotechnology has...

Best Ways To Earn Extra Money This Year

Everybody needs extra cash. There are always more bills to pay, things that need to be bought for the kids or yourself, and repairs...
Travelling

The Advantages & Disadvantages of Buy Now, Pay Later in the Travel Industry

By Olga Karablina Today, millions of online shoppers use Buy Now, Pay Later schemes to pay for goods and services. When used responsibly, BNPL offers...

Are NFTs a True Store of Value?

For someone new to the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain, the rapid growth of interest in the non-fungible token (NFT) and its trading volume...
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Platform Thinking: What Established Firms Can Learn From Big Tech and Digital Start-Ups

By Daniel Trabucchi & Tommaso Buganza The platform revolution has already taken place, but we link the idea of platforms with Big Tech like Amazon...
Exploring the Rapid Prototyping Model Accelerating Innovation and Solution Development

Exploring the Rapid Prototyping Model: Accelerating Innovation and Solution Development

Time-to-market and agility are critical in this rapid realm of information technology and product development. The rapid prototype Model has arisen as a dynamic...
Payment Trends You Need to Know About for Business Growth

Payment Trends You Need to Know About for Business Growth in 2022 And Beyond

By Olga Karalblina, Head of Payment Product Development at ECOMMPAY After over two years of shifting buying habits in favour of eCommerce, many consumers have...
Focus on Value

Focus on Value: What Your Company Does Matters more than Where It Sits

By Rachael Bartels and Kathleen O’Reilly Companies everywhere must find new sources of value creation both inside and outside traditional industry boundaries. For decades, industry definitions...
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Deconstructing the Myth of Entrepreneurship

By André Laplume and Sepideh Yeganegi In the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship, individual visionaries often hog the spotlight. Yet, beneath this glare lies a startling...
eCommerce

How Data-Driven Shopper Insights Are Transforming eCommerce, One Click at a Time

Every action taken on the internet leaves a trail of data, one that, when used correctly, can transform the way your business operates. Considering...

Second-hand Luxury: Should Personal Luxury Brands Sell Pre-owned Products?

By Jean-Noël Kapferer As luxury brands seek to protect their symbolic capital and prestige, entering resale markets is a strategy to be carefully considered before...
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What Does the Global Technology Workforce Really Want?

By Ana Doval de las Heras, SVP at Amadeus Want to know what really matters to your people? Why not ask them? That's exactly what...
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Strategies for Sudden Shock- Market Rewards Good Performance Also During Tough Times

By Olli-Pekka Lumijärvi, Olga Nissen and Alexandra Oborina Every company’s strategy aims to grow revenue, profit, and market capitalization. When global economy was accelerating, these...

Strategies During Pandemic for Restaurant and Café Businesses Using Business Model Canvas

By Johannes Boroh There are many articles about business strategies on coping with the COVID-19 pandemic published in various journals, magazines, newspapers, and so forth....
Business Model

How to Build up New Technology-based Business Models

You’ll get a lot of technology-based business model advice. “Switch to blockchain technology, it shall replace the internet!” or “Hey, metaverse has mighty potential....
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SmileDirectClub FY 2020 and Q4 Results Confirm Strength of Its Business Model

More than eight years ago, SmileDirectClub introduced itself to the world as a practical solution to orthodontal care. A decade earlier, when both were in...

Transpitality: How Autonomous Driving Technology Will Reshape the Industry Landscape

By Steve Lee, Won-Yong Oh, Irene Yi There has been increasing attention to self-driving cars, but business is still missing some key insights into how...

NOTHING IS FREE: Data-driven optimisation unlocks freemium business models’ real potential

By Stefan Wagner and Julian Runge In today’s digital era when the marginal cost of (re)production and distribution of products and services tend to be...

Organizational Preparedness with COVID-19: Strategic Planning and Human Creativity

By Yingying Zhang-Zhang and Arup Varma COVID-19 arrived with force and unpredictability, dragging sectors and industries to an unprecedented and uncertain situation. Companies and organizations reacted, but most...
Automotive Industry

Connecting the Unconnected in the Automotive Industry Four Ecosystems that are Reshaping Automotive Industry...

By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio Connectivity is a defining feature of digitalisation. As companies increase their use of digital technologies in their products and...
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Heavy (Carbon) Footprints: can Subscription Shoes Create a Sustainable Footwear Industry?

By Patrick Reichert and Oscar Vosshage Sneakers (or “trainers”, as they are known in the UK) are big business – and leave a heavy environmental...

MBSIV: A Framework for Creating a Sustainable Innovation Culture

By Kristine Marin Kawamura and Simon L. Dolan Innovation has been consistently found to be the most important characteristic associated with organisational and market success....

The Integration Of AI And Big Data Transformed The Healthcare Industry

By Samantha Kaylee Technology is the main reason why firms are performing better during the pandemic, but do you know healthcare organizations are also turning...

Making 3D printing work for you: Defining Business Models for Additive Manufacturing

By Matthias Holweg, Kai Hoberg, Frits K. Pil, Jakob Heinen   Companies struggle to define the value proposition 3D printing brings: While the opportunities for...
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VidaXL: Pioneer and eCommerce Business Giant

It all started with two selling items on eBay. Sixteen years later, the business has transformed into the global retailing giant, vidaXL. The eCommerce...

Keeping Resilience in VUCA era: The Organization Should Learn from the Water’s Wisdom

By Weixu Ding and Jianhua Mao The COVID-19 outbreak started at the end of 2019 that has hurt the world's economy, cultural exchanges, people's healthy...

Business After COVID 19: What Will Change

Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, businesses have been turned upside down in almost all aspects. Most have been forced to send a...

A New Model for the Future of Customer Relationships

 By Yoram (Jerry) Wind and Catharine Hays, with Alexa de los Reyes The fundamental relationships among brands, media, and people are being transformed at an...

A Primer on Theoretically Exploring the Field of Business Model Innovation

By Oliver Gassmann, Karolin Frankenberger and Roman Sauer Companies like Amazon, Uber, and Skype have become business strategy icons and the way they transformed industries...

The Sectors Which Spent the Most on Innovation in 2020

In order to stay ahead of the game, innovation is key. This is a lesson successful businesses not only recognize but continually apply, and...
Flight

Innovative Technologies for New Ways for Space

Space technology has evolved in ever more fascinating ways over the years. This article looks at various innovative tech that has provided mankind with...
AI-Driven Search World

How Small Businesses Can Stay Seen in an AI-Driven Search World

By Ali Khan As AI reshapes online discovery, small businesses must prioritise trust and reliability over traditional SEO. Fast, secure, and structured websites, combined with...
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Japan’s Hidden Gems: What Are Japanese Companies’ Most Powerful Secrets?

By Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael J. Provitera Japanese companies such as Sony, Panasonic, Honda, and Toyota remain leaders in leadership development and process management. The...
Business Process Diagram

How to Create a Business Process Diagram: A Comprehensive Guide

In the intricate realm of business, effective communication and organization are paramount. Whether you're initiating a new project, enhancing existing processes, or facilitating employee...

Fun & Games: Business Models for Innovation

By Gregory Gimpel While many brilliant ideas come from start-ups with unsustainable business models, well-established firms suffer from an inability to innovate, especially in regulated...
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Circular Business Models Are Helping Developing Countries Take Climate Action Beyond Aid

By Christian Jahn With the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow underway, action on climate change has never been more urgent. Lower income countries attending...

Corporate Venturing: Challenges and best practices of large firms innovating with start-ups

By Mª Julia Prats, Josemaria Siota, Celeste Saccomano Tommaso Canonici  and Xavier Contijoch Innovation in large corporations, particularly the practice of corporate venturing to innovate with start-ups, is...
The Fungibility of Environmental, Social, and Governance Reporting

The Fungibility of Environmental, Social, and Governance Reporting

By Tim Bovy and Ian Hodges For all organisations, there is the need for ESG reporting to be interoperable because it impacts the ability of...

How to be Successful in an Adult eCommerce Niche?

More than ever, shoppers are turning towards eCommerce for their needs. After all, it’s far more convenient to order something online and receive a...

What Banking Sector Can Gain the Most from Digital Innovations?

Digital innovations have disrupted numerous industries, and banking is no exception. Digitalisation has introduced us to online banking, contactless payments, and many other services.Banks...
What Dentistry’s AI Revolution Teaches Other Industries

What Dentistry’s AI Revolution Teaches Other Industries

By Frank Cespedes and Ben Plomion If you're looking for an instructive case study of the absorption of AI technology into a somewhat conservative industry,...
Startup

The Psychology of Start-Ups

By Adrian Furnham Every generation likes to believe that they are different from those that came before them – “new and improved” as advertisers like...
10R for Circularity in the Jewelry Industry

10R for Circularity in the Jewelry Industry

By Javier Cabello Llano, Professor Ambika Zutshi and Sahan J. Fernando The jewelry industry is facing rising pressure to ditch wasteful, exploitative practices and embrace...
Successful Business Model

Why Agility and Innovation are Essential Elements of a Successful Business Model

By Sam Martin At one time, it was believed that all a business needed to succeed was a good idea, or a quality product. These...
Goodbye Industries, Hello Domains: Top-Performing Companies Focus on Customer Outcomes

Goodbye Industries, Hello Domains: Top-Performing Companies Focus on Customer Outcomes

By Peter Weill and Stephanie L. Woerner A domain-oriented company helps serve a customer’s end-to-end need by focusing on customer outcomes rather than only on...

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