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Business Models

3 Generic types of Business Models

by sravan ankaraju on April 25, 2010

Professors Øystein Fjeldstad and Charles Stabell have developed a framework of three generic types of business models – Solution Shops – Employ experienced intuitively trained experts whose job is to diagnose problems and recommend solutions. High-end consulting, law, advertising firms, R&D organizations, and specialist physicians’ diagnostic activities in hospitals are examples. The firms abilities to [...]

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Nine blocks of Business Model

by sravan ankaraju on April 4, 2010

in Business Models,Integrated Thinking

Business model can be best described through nine building blocks that show the logic of how a company intends to make money. The nine blocks cover the four main areas of a business: customers, offer, infrastructure, and financial viability. The business model is like a blueprint for a strategy to be implemented through organizational structures, [...]

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What is a Multi-sided Platform?

by sravan ankaraju on March 22, 2010

in Business Models,Business Strategy,Operating Model

“Multi-sided Platform” is one of the business model patterns. Multi-sided Platform brings together two or more distinct but interdependent groups of customers. Such platforms are of value to one group of customers only if the other groups if customers are also present. The platform creates value by facilitating interactions between the different groups. A multi-sided [...]

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