Idea posted: October 2023

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University    Florida State University    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Business model innovation (BMI), which introduces significantly new ways of doing or structuring business activities, can disrupt an industry and threaten incumbents whose success is built on the currently dominant…

Idea posted: October 2018

Institutions: Cornell University S.C. Johnson College of Business    City University London Cass Business School   

The appearance of a new competitor with a new business model can disrupt an industry and knock down a once dominant incumbent. A classic example of this type of disruptive…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: Melbourne Business School-Mt Eliza Executive Education   

The traditional wisdom declares that companies that have their sights on export markets must first become innovators in their domestic markets. Innovation will give them the competitive advantage required to…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology    Technische Universität München School of Management    MIT Sloan School of Management    SDA Bocconi School of Management   

Innovation is expected to come from the producer of the product. That’s the reason manufacturers have R&D departments. But more and more innovation is emerging not just from the producers…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

A company’s business model is the ultimate measure by which it is judged, as it expresses the underlying logic of its business. Most importantly, it explains how it creates and…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Queens University School of Business   

In this White Paper, the author looks at how organizations can free up necessary resources to pursue their overall business strategies. Identifying the ‘waste’ and ‘complexity’ in a company can…

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School   

The industrial age bought with it bureaucratic principles of work organization. Things we now consider commonplace were considered major innovations, such as employing staff in an official capacity, building hierarchies…

Idea posted: March 2013

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

For as long as capitalism has existed, there have been pirate organizations that have refused to play by the rules and standards set by the state and the ‘legitimate’ business…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Though product/process innovation has become a necessity for many companies, the time and expenses required is now leading hesitant companies to turn towards business model innovation instead. So what do…