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The business model: Theoretical roots, recent developments, and future research

Zott, Christoph; Amit, Raphael; Massa, Lorenzo - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2010

The paper provides a broad and multifaceted review of the received literature on business models, in which we attempt to explore the origin of the construct and to examine the business model concept through multiple disciplinary and subject-matter lenses. The review reveals that scholars do not...

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Strategy vs. business models vs. tactics

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Ricart, Joan E. - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2009

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 framework to separate business model from strategy. Business model, we argue, is a reflection of the firm …

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Competitiveness, productivity and externalization: Food versus autos in Catalonia

Ghemawat, Pankaj - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2009

This paper re-examines the innovation-productivity nexus on the basis of a paired comparison between Catalonia's food and auto sectors. The sectoral studies expose a set of productivity enhancement mechanisms that do not involve innovation in the sense of anything new to the world, that are...

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Company strategy: Business model reconfiguration for innovation and internationalization

Casadesus-Massanell, Ramon; Ricart, Joan E. - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2009

The competitiveness of a country is the result of the competitiveness of its firms. The competitiveness of firms is partly determined by how their business models interact with the environment to produce offerings with added value. This chapter contributes to the reflection on Catalonia's...

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Subsidiary strategy: The embeddedness component

Garcia-Pont, Carlos; Canales, Juan I.; Noboa, Fabrizio - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2007

subsidiary strategy can take place. Our model identifies three hierarchical levels of embeddedness: Operational embeddedness … capabilities for the multinational as a whole. Strategic embeddedness deals with subsidiary participation in the MNC strategy … subsidiary strategy. …

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What networks do to firms and what firms do to networks: Evolution of alliance portfolios in networked markets

Ozcan, Pinar - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2007

This study explores the question of how alliance portfolios change over time. In the setting of the U.S. wireless gaming market, I collected real-time and longitudinal data on entrepreneurial game publishers over two and a half years. This process revealed that alliance portfolios of firms can...

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Fostering values in organizations

Argandoña, Antonio - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2002

Today, values hold a prominent place both in business ethics and in organization theory. However, there persists considerable confusion about what these values are and what role they play in these theories and, therefore, how they can be developed both within the individual and within the...

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Dynamic mixed duopoly: A model motivated by Linux vs. Windows

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Ghemawat, Pankaj - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2003

This paper analyzes a dynamic mixed duopoly in which a profit-maximizing competitor interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (or marginal cost), with the cumulation of output affecting their relative positions over time. The modeling effort is motivated by interactions between Linux, an...

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Managing customer switching costs: A framework for competing in the networked environment

Hess, Mike; Ricart, Joan E. - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2002

Previous research argues that customer switching costs play an important role in the firm 's ability to retain customers and achieve competitive advantage.Research also indicates that in the increasingly networked environment,switching costs are changing in important ways.Despite switching costs...

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Internacionalización vía alianzas estratégicas en la empresa familiar

Ariño, Africa; Gallo, Miguel Angel; Cappuyns, Kristin - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2002

Este estudio de carácter exploratorio sobre la internacionalización a través de alianzas estratégicas, pretende conocer los factores determinantes que facilitaron a las empresas familiares españolas su entrada en mercados emergentes. Los resultados muestran, en primer lugar, que hay tres...

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