Business Model Portfolio

Most companies have a portfolio of business models

The typical SME owner offers consulting services (work-for-hire) as well as a product. Software designers commonly offer both

Business Model Portfolio

Business Model Innovation

Identify your innovation

Companies are innovating their business models all the time; these can be categorized into:

Deepening — Within box innovations – e.g. new charging systems, new ways of delivering value

Adding — Without changing the fundamentals of dyadic or triadic – e.g. adding a work-for-hire service to a product business model, that makes a portfolio of business models for the company.

Business Model Innovation

Business Model Videos

Entrepreneurs: Make your new business successful (01:12)

Bosses: Make bigger profits (00:48)

Business Model Research

Business Models as Models.
Long Range Planning.

A philosophical statement about what are business models and why they might be useful. The authors suggest business models help us understand the world, by providing classification systems.

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Business Models and Technological Innovation.

In this piece, the business model is explained to be a system that identifies who is (or are) the customer(s), engaging with their needs, delivering satisfaction, and monetizing the value.

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Business Model Research