Contribution of systems thinking to business model research and business model innovation

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 251-270

  Halecker, Bastian ^a   Hartmann, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Business model innovation; Business model research; Systems theory; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION; BUSINESS MODELING; BUSINESS MODELS; COMPLEX MANAGEMENT; FERTILISATION; MODEL THEORY; SYSTEMS THINKING;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 84899798819     PISSN: 17402832     EISSN: 17402840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2013.060756     Document Type: Article

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