Influence of Business Model Innovation and Competitive Strategies on the Performance of Dutch High-Tech Startups

This master's thesis examines the effects of business model innovation and competitive strategies on the success of high-tech startups in the Netherlands. Understanding how high-tech startups can improve their performance and compete successfully is of utmost relevance given the increasing importance of technology entrepreneurship and the...

Sustainable Business Model Dynamics of Distributed Solar PV Projects in China

Solar photovoltaics (PV), as one of the renewable energy technologies, has gradually penetrated power systems worldwide. Distributed solar photovoltaics (DSPV) systems characterised by reducing transmission line losses, increasing grid resilience and relaxing requirements for investment have experienced exponential growth over the last decade....

The Role of the FAST Technology as a Driver for Sustainable Business Models within the Biobased Chemical Industry: The Case Study of DAB

Addressing climate change is a challenge that governments, society, and companies have to face. For companies this becomes a major challenge as they are required to innovate in order to become more sustainable whilst still remain competitive. However, carrying out technological innovation may be useless if it cannot be diffused in the market....

Developing a Framework for the Deployment of Crowd-Shipping: A Study in the Netherlands

The growth in the e-commerce platforms and online shopping has been increasing exponentially in the last decade. Businesses and logistics companies are finding new ways to ensure fast, sustainable, and safe deliveries to customers through existing means. However, to meet the ever increasing demand of deliveries, innovative shipping or delivery...

Business model innovation of electric utilities: the role of corporate venture capital

This exploratory study was performed to improve the understanding of the emerging phenomena of Business Model Innovation (BMI) and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), in the context of European electric utilities. More specifically, the potential contribution of CVC activities to BMI of European electric utilities was assessed. A thorough...

A step towards Successful Implementation of Business Model Innovation: Philips Perspective

In today’s fast growing and competitive environment, keeping up with changing trends has become a necessity for firms to beat the competition. A relatively new form of innovation with a growing community of people have stated that Business Model Innovation is essentially the key to successful organizations nowadays. Several companies are failing...

The People-side of Implementing Business Model Innovation: A study on the role of employee motivation, development & readiness to change in implementing business model innovation

The concept of business model innovation (BMI) has taken off significantly over the last decade in the academic as well as the business environment. It is seen as an important source of competitive advantage and is increasingly being used to achieve superior firm performance. Nevertheless, the field is yet to embrace the organizational dimension...

BM roadmapping approach: overcoming the barriers for the implementation of Lead Time Based Pricing

This research explores the factors that challenge the implementation of Revenue Management (RM) in manufacturing industries. Previous research focused mainly on Order Management to explain how RM could be applied with studies that are mathematical by nature. However, there is no empirical study explaining the implementation process of RM in...

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...

How "novel" can business model innovations be?: Examining the effect of institutionalism towards business model innovation

The rise of ICT and the ever increasing competitiveness in industries have pushed firms to increase their propensity in changing and innovating their activities. As this need for firms to change constantly increases, the study of business model innovation have taken the spotlight. There exist a need for the knowledge stream to grow and...

Business model innovation in European SMEs: thriving configurations and performance implications

For many years, Business Model Innovation (BMI) has been recognized by academics as key to improve competitiveness and innovativeness. While more than ninety percent of the large corporates conduct some degree of BMI, BMI has barely reached Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs). Increasing the use of BMI in SMEs is believed to boost the economic...

Pattern Based Evaluation of Blockchain Technology as a Catalyst for Business Model Innovation: Exploratory Research with Focus on the Potential Implications for e-Health

As blockchain technology became more established in the financial arena, federal health IT officials, vendors and developers started looking at its potential and its use in the healthcare sector. Lately, there has been a major hype around the potential of the technology. It is described as a disruptive technology that could enable business model...

The Role of Sustainability in Business Model Innovation of Start-ups in Indonesia: Multiple Case-study Design

The environmental awareness in business practices has grown to be a central issue in corporate social responsibility for many multinational companies. Unfortunately, it remains a way of brand management for many companies, rather than a drive for structural change in business practices.Business models should therefore be reshaped, to deliver...

Exploring business model innovation in the Polish SME sector

The business model (BM) and business model innovation (BMI) concepts have been given increasing attention in recent years by both academic researchers and business environment. BMI is seen as essential for company’s survival and growth and is increasingly being used to explain differences in firm performance. Nevertheless, little is known about...

Circular Business Model Innovation: A process framework and a tool for business model innovation in a circular economy

The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. Companies need new business models to grasp the opportunities of a circular economy. This thesis investigates to what extent existing frameworks, methods and tools for business model innovation are useful to cope with the...