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Thank you so much! Sven Ahrens & Andreas Kreidenweiss Ahrens & Kreidenweiss – Industry-Wide Business Model Innovation TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Case Background ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Research Background ........................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Problem Area and Purpose .................................................................................................. 5 1.4 Contributions to the Marketing World ............................................................................. 6 1.5 Delimitations ......................................................................................................................... 6 1.6 Thesis Outline ....................................................................................................................... 7 2 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Relevance of Business Model (Innovation) ..................................................................... 8 2.2 Business Models .................................................................................................................... 9 2.2.1 Emergence of the Business Model Concept ................................................................. 9 2.2.2 What is a Business Model ............................................................................................. 11 2.2.3 Business Model Definition Used for this Thesis ....................................................... 13 2.3 Business Model Innovation .............................................................................................. 14 2.3.1 Emergence of the Business Model Innovation Concept .......................................... 14 2.3.2 What is Business Model Innovation ........................................................................... 15 2.3.3 When to Innovate the Business Model ....................................................................... 16 2.3.4 How to Innovate the Business Model ......................................................................... 17 2.4 Firm-Focus vs. Industry-Focus .......................................................................................... 18 2.4.1 Firm-Focus of Business Models ................................................................................... 18 2.4.2 Firm-Focus of Business Model Innovation ................................................................ 18 2.4.3 Exceptions among Literature ....................................................................................... 19 2.5 Problem Definition and Research Questions ................................................................ 20 2.5.1 Problem Definition ........................................................................................................ 20 2.5.2 Research Questions ....................................................................................................... 21 3 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 23 3.1 Research Strategy ................................................................................................................ 23 3.2 Research Design .................................................................................................................. 24 3.2.1 Unit of Analysis: Case Study ....................................................................................... 24 3.2.2 Case Study Selection ..................................................................................................... 25 3.2.3 Case Study Coding and Analysis Framework .......................................................... 26 3.3 Data Collection .................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.1 In-Depth Interviews ...................................................................................................... 27 3.3.2 Secondary Data .............................................................................................................. 29 3.4 Limitations ........................................................................................................................... 30 3.4.1 Methodological Limitations ......................................................................................... 30 3.4.2 Research Quality ...........................................................................................................
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