Business models in project-based firms - Towards a typology of solution-specific business models

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-106

  Kujala, Saara ^a   Artto, Karlos ^a   Aaltonen, Pertti ^a   Turkulainen, Virpi ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business model; Business performance; Integrated solution; Project business; Project specificity (of a business model); Project based firm; Solution specificity

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; PROJECT BUSINESS; PROJECT-BASED FIRM; PROJECT-BASED FIRMS;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 73449130812     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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