Understanding Business Model Innovation Pattern of Small and Medium Enterprises: Analyzing the Changes in Business Model and Operational Area in Response to Firm's External and Internal Factors- A Case Survey Research

The EU Innovation Union identified that innovations are needed to boost economic growth performance, where SMEs are considered vital for these goals. To achieve this, business model innovation (BMI) is identified as the new area to innovate and also source of future competitive advantage. Furthermore, business model changes as a form of...

Acceptance of Operational Business Intelligence in Organisations - Developing a framework describing the context and powers at play involved in achieving OpBI acceptance in organisations

Operational Business Intelligence systems have a great potential for organisations make use of to differentiate themselves. This research aims to find factors that influence the acceptance of such a system in an organisational context. Special attention is given to the several perspectives of the involved stakeholders. Through a literature...

Business ecosystems governance: A framework for tackling complex systems

This document is the final Master Thesis Dissertation of Alexios Pagkozidis during academic year 2011-2013. It describes the findings of the research related to Business Ecosystem Innovation Governance for Smart Living platforms. The research was done with collaboration of Delft University of Technology and TP Vision B.V.. This work is part of...

Developing a business opportunity assessment framework: The case of the Prodrive Automated Electrical Tester

A framework to assess business opportunities is being developed in this document. The framework is designed to solve the problem that the decision of managers to exploit a certain technology by means of a certain strategy is often based upon a feeling rather than a set of rational criteria. Therefore these decisions are hard to codify, discuss...

Applying DEMO to Design a Generic Portal for Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands

Becoming an entrepreneur is always attractive but challenging. Consequently, it would be convenient to have a place where entrepreneurs can find enough support to turn their idea into real business. The Generic Portal for Entrepreneurs (Business Portal in short) has been a project using ICT to build this place. To develop this portal, choosing...