Fifteen Years of Research on Business Model Innovation: How Far Have We Come, and Where Should We Go?

Journal of Management

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 200-227

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a   Saebi, Tina ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

business model; business model innovation; design and boundaries; literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004045215     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206316675927     Document Type: Article

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