Business model literature has been focused on value co-creation and co-capture logic in understanding business models in the ecosystem. To understand the "Ex Ante" source of ecosystem-based value creation/capture, this paper proposes opportunity complementarity as a key antecedent and construct...

Der Kapitalismus geht seinem Ende entgegen. Das geschieht nicht von heute auf morgen, aber dennoch unaufhaltsam. Und die Zeichen dafür sind längst unübersehbar: sinkende Produktionskosten, Share Economy, Internet der Dinge. Jeremy Rifkin, Visionär und Bestsellerautor, fügt die Koordinaten...

This paper provides an assessment of existing M2M business models and arrangements in selected industry segments. It studies the drivers and barriers for adaption of M2M and IoT in transforming operations in the selected industry segments, and focusses on identifying recurring patterns in the...