The influence of the Industrial Internet of Things on business models of established manufacturing companies – A business level perspective

Technovation

Volumn 68, Issue , 2017, Pages 4-19

  Kiel, Daniel ^a   Arnold, Christian ^a   Voigt, Kai Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business model; Business model innovation; Expert interviews; Industrial Internet of Things; Industrie 4.0; Manufacturing; Multiple case study

Indexed keywords

INTERNET OF THINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION; BUSINESS MODELING; EXPERT INTERVIEWS; INDUSTRIE 4.0; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 85030637260     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2017.09.003     Document Type: Article

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