Is data really the new oil?: An assessment of the viability of data marketplace business models

Data has often been stated to be “the new oil”. This is said because both oil and data can be very valuable but only after they have been pre-processed. Among other things, a challenge for creating value from data lies in realizing data exchange. This is what data marketplaces aim to do. The number of shutdowns of data marketplaces during the...

The Serious Business of Serious Games: A study of business models in the serious game industry

This thesis studies how serious game developers can develop robust business models with regard to future uncertainties that these developers must be able to deal with. Twelve in-depth interviews were held with managers, owners, and entrepreneurs of serious game developers in the Netherlands to identify and describe in detail the future...

Decentralised Local Energy Markets: Evaluating the Impact of Blockchain Technology on Local Energy Markets

Uprising innovative technologies like blockchain and the Internet of Things are increasingly changing the energy domain. These disruptive technologies are becoming more mainstream as a result of media attention and are supported by large multinationals like Tesla and Google. This combined with the enormous CO2 emissions due to fossil fuels and...

Applying blockchain technology in multi-sided platforms to enable business model innovation: An explorative case study on decentralized sharing platforms

The competiveness between businesses is continuously increasing and multi-sided platforms seek to reduce cost, increase efficiency and improve the quality of products and services. This research explored the role of blockchain technology as a driver for business model innovation of multi-sided platforms. This case study contributed to scientific...

How do SME’s use Business Model Stress Testing?

How do Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, familiar and unfamiliar with Business Model Tooling, and different lifecycle stages, use Business Model Stress Testing in order to be more agile in responding market dynamics? In the continuously changing world, where Dynamic Markets demand Agile organisations that can cope with Disrupting Innovations,...