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Building Business Models
April 13, 2015 Editor 0
The LiveMint website noted that the reason a business model exists is because it articulates how a business creates, delivers and captures value. This is vital. Then why aren’t there as many books on business models as there are on strategy? The answer is perhaps linked to another question: why don’t organizations devote attention to […]
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Deploying e-health service innovations – an early stage business model engineering and regulatory validation approach
March 29, 2015 Editor 0
The objective of this study was to design a viable business model for commercially deploying an e-health service innovation – i.e. a so-called myofeedback-based teletreatment service – in the R&D deployment phase. In this paper, the business model and regulatory validation strategy used to conceptualise the deployment of this e-health service innovation is described, analysed […]
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The Embedded Enterprise
February 18, 2015 Editor 0
By Ted Ladd Entrepreneurs who operate in impoverished regions of the world face a quandary: Even though the need for their products and services is enormous, the challenge of bringing those products and services to market can be nearly insurmountable. Without access to mass media or even mass communications, entrepreneurs have no established channels through […]
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The Hidden Pitfalls of Inclusive Innovation
November 26, 2014 Editor Comments Off on The Hidden Pitfalls of Inclusive Innovation
By Raghav Narsalay, Leandro Pongeluppe, & David Light A few years ago, a large multinational corporation developed a new food product designed for low-income people in emerging markets. The product was highly nutritious and low-priced. To win the trust of people in remote rural communities, the company recruited a sales force of local women, who […]
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Executing Lean Growth Strategies
September 10, 2014 Editor 0
The Business and Leadership website noted that lean thinking, customer development frameworks and business model innovation are transforming how new products are built and how growth strategies are developed. These frameworks help organizations design products that customers need and help reinvent their business models. Lean offers ways to cut work time and eliminate waste. Customer […]
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Elements of Sustainable Business Models
April 1, 2014 Editor 0
The authors present the elements constituting an advantageous business model, and suggest how to achieve that competitive edge. They argue that traditional innovation processes with funnelling front-end, stage-gate with go/kill decisions, and similar processes have inherent limitations in such an inclusive concept. They propose an alternative approach, driven by strategic business options. A business model, […]
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