Business model configurations: a five-V framework to map out potential innovation routes

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 492-527

  Taran, Yariv ^a   Nielsen, Christian ^a   Montemari, Marco ^b   Thomsen, Peter ^a   Paolone, Francesco ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business model configurations; Business model innovation; Ontologies; Value drivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988345781     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-10-2015-0099     Document Type: Review

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