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- September 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Module Note
Competing Through Business Models (D)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Taylor Philip Larson
This note was prepared to aid students in the EC course "Competing through Business Models." View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Taylor Philip Larson. "Competing Through Business Models (D)." Harvard Business School Module Note 710-410, September 2009. (Revised March 2010.)
- Research Summary
Deep Indicators of Business Model Success
By: James L. Heskett
The purpose of this study is to develop ways of helping practitioners identify and measure deep indicators of success in the business models being pursued by their organizations. The hypothesis is that success is dependent on these deep indicators. The indicators are... View Details
- June 2024
- Module Note
Value Creation Potential of New Business Models
By: David J. Collis
A business model is composed of three elements. These describe a generic way of creating value and identify the maximum potential value of that model for customers. The elements of a business model are the “job to be done” for the customer, the asset configuration, or... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Corporate Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation
Collis, David J. "Value Creation Potential of New Business Models." Harvard Business School Module Note 724-491, June 2024.
- 07 Jan 2014
- News
Swiss Watch Industry Business Model
- TeachingInterests
MBA Elective Curriculum-- Competing Through Business Models
The words “business model” are inescapable in our daily fare of business news. These two ubiquitous words seemed to effortlessly rise up to prominence during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. When businesspeople, journalists, academics, and other... View Details
- August 2007 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Gome Electronics: Evolving the Business Model
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Gao Wang, Fei Li, Tracy Manty and Waishun Lo
After 20 years of expansion, Gome Electronics has become China's largest consumer electronics retailer. It has opened stores in almost every province in China, acquired some of its competitors, and went public in Hong Kong. However, it has begun to experience a... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Distribution Channels; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Industry Growth; Marketing Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Product; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry; China
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Gao Wang, Fei Li, Tracy Manty, and Waishun Lo. "Gome Electronics: Evolving the Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 308-026, August 2007. (Revised February 2008.)
- 02 Oct 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Value Potential of New Business Models
Keywords: by David J. Collis
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Value Potential of New Business Models
By: David J. Collis
One attempt to regain the ground that strategy has recently lost, which was described in the first article, has been the introduction of “business models” as the precursor to competitive positioning within an industry. Understanding a business model provides a... View Details
Collis, David J. "The Value Potential of New Business Models." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-028, September 2019.
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
Prysm Group Cofounders Hurder (left) and Barrera: bringing an industry-agnostic approach to helping business leverage emerging technologies Prysm Group cofounders Hurder (left) and Barrera: bringing an industry-agnostic approach to... View Details
- June 2020
- Article
Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model
By: Rory McDonald and Kathleen Eisenhardt
Prior research advances several explanations for entrepreneurial success in nascent markets but leaves a key imperative unexplored: the business model. By studying five ventures in the same nascent market, we develop a novel theoretical framework for understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Search; Legitimacy; Organizational Innovation; Organizational Learning; Mechanisms And Processes; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Qualitative Methods; Business Model Design; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Adaptation; Competition; Strategy
McDonald, Rory, and Kathleen Eisenhardt. "Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model." Administrative Science Quarterly 65, no. 2 (June 2020): 483–523.
- 22 Jun 2009
- News
Test-Driving a Foreign Business Model
- 31 Mar 2020
- News
Reinventing the Direct-to-Consumer Business Model
- April 2010
- Article
From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart
The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates and how it creates value for its stakeholders." On the surface, this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Framework; Negotiation Tactics; Competition
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan Enric Ricart. "From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics." Special Issue on Business Models Long Range Planning 43, no. 2 (April 2010): 195–215.
- 2005
- Chapter
Indigenous versus Foreign Business Models
By: Yasheng Huang and Tarun Khanna
Keywords: Business Model
Huang, Yasheng, and Tarun Khanna. "Indigenous versus Foreign Business Models." Chap. 9 in Asia's Giants: Comparing China and India, edited by Edward Friedman and Bruce Gilley. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
Business Model Analysis of Startups
By: Stig Leschly
Leschly, Stig. "Business Model Analysis of Startups." Harvard Business School Technical Note 820-089, January 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- October 2019
- Teaching Note
Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-066. View Details
- March 2013
- Module Note
Launching Global Ventures: Business Models
By: William R. Kerr
Kerr, William R. "Launching Global Ventures: Business Models ." Harvard Business School Module Note 813-161, March 2013.
- 2015
- Working Paper
The Business Model: Nature and Benefits
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron
This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic relevance to negotiations. We elaborate a substantive definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models... View Details
Keywords: Business Models; Value Capture; Value-Based Business Strategy; Ambivalent Value; Business Model; Negotiation Deal
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron. "The Business Model: Nature and Benefits." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-089, May 2015. (Revised June 2015.)
- November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
In July 2014, after 18 months and eight unsuccessful product launches, the CEO of Yabbly has agreed to sell his company to a larger, well-funded startup, providing a return of capital for his investors and a home for his team. Two weeks prior to the scheduled closing,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Fairness; Valuation; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; North America; United States; Seattle
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Christopher Payton. "Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 817-066, November 2016. (Revised December 2016.)