Entrepreneurial Business Model Research Articles

Factors that influence the scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a thematic analysis.

Scope of practice has been defined as the activities that an individual health care practitioner is allowed to undertake within a specific profession. The chiropractic profession in Australia does not currently have a documented scope of practice. Informed discussions around scope of practice are hampered by a paucity of literature in this area. Acknowledging this void in the literature, we chose to investigate the factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession. A knowledge of the factors will facilitate discussion on the topic and help the profession to work towards establishing a scope of practice.Aim The aim of this study was to identify the factors that influence scope of practice of chiropractic in Australia from the perspective of 4 stakeholder groups within the profession.Methods This study employed semi-structured, online-interviews. Open-ended questions, guided by a flexible interview protocol, and augmented by supplemental questions, probes and comments, were used to gather data on the research question. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.Results Six factors that influenced scope of practice of chiropractic were identified in this study: education, evidence (research-derived and practice-based), political influence, community expectations, entrepreneurial business models, and geographical location.Conclusion Knowledge of the factors that influence scope of practice of chiropractic in Australia is important for establishing a scope of practice for the profession. This knowledge is also of value to a range of stakeholders including patients, health care providers (within and outside the profession), professional associations, and policymakers.

Harmonious entrepreneurship: a sustainable model for addressing global inequality

Purpose This study aims to develop an entrepreneurial business model capable of addressing and preventing the exploitation and inequality that traditionally have resulted from entrepreneurship, particularly in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach The research uses systems thinking, the first law of cybernetics, and the principles of harmony to formulate a systemic solution to the problem, which it exemplifies via six purposefully selected short cases drawn from diverse industry sectors and economies. Findings This paper demonstrates how the conventional model of entrepreneurship, often associated with colonial exploitation and resultant inequalities, can be transformed into a triple bottom line model—harmonious entrepreneurship – that integrates the traditional economic, eco-, humane, and social approaches and creates a synergy where profit, planet, and people are in harmony. The model challenges the profit maximisation/shareholder value doctrine of business success. Research limitations/implications Only six cases are presented here, and there is a need for further research in different political-economic contexts and industry sectors. Also, the way entrepreneurship is taught needs to change so that it addresses the sustainability challenge in general and the problem of inequality in particular. Practical implications There needs to be a change in the entrepreneurial mindset and the way entrepreneurship is taught and potential entrepreneurs are trained if entrepreneurship is to address the sustainability challenge in general and the problem of inequality in particular. Originality/value This is a novel approach to the study of entrepreneurship and its impact on inequality that shows how it can ameliorate and/or prevent inequality, particularly in emerging economies, by adopting a more holistic approach to business success and supplanting “having and needing” with “being and caring”.

Hotspurs in, sober bores out: A call and an agenda for entrepreneurship and innovation policies that foster rapidly scaling ventures

Our effort is motivated by the observation that European entrepreneurs who receive financial support from public entrepreneurship and innovation programs, set out as hotspurs (fiery highly motivated professionals) with a focus on innovation and scaling. However, over time their scaling ambitions erode, and efficiency starts to dominate ventures' strategies pursued with the financial support received becoming much more cautious managers (Sober Bores). We argue that European innovation and entrepreneurship policy fails to promote firm scaling because of the fundamental misunderstanding that innovation drives firms scaling, overlooking the crucial role of an entrepreneurial business model that ensures a fit between firms' market offerings and customer preferences throughout the firm development. We identify the underlying pain points that hamper firm scaling, deduct action points for scaling-oriented European innovation and entrepreneurship policies and suggest change agendas for policy and practice. Finally, we propose a novel approach for future research assessing innovation and entrepreneurship support schemes that can enhance our understanding and better inform evidence-based policies.

Disrupting healthcare? Entrepreneurship as an "innovative" financing mechanism in India's primary care sector.

"Innovation" - whether in the form of digital technologies or business models - dominates imaginaries of global health futures and is often promoted as a "solution" through which the goal of universal health coverage can be achieved. Seemingly disrupting the status quo, it offers the promise of novel and simple answers to longstanding and complex social problems. In this article, I analyze a public-private partnership between the Indian state of West Bengal and an Indian-owned social enterprise. One of its defining features is an "innovative" financing mechanism based on loans and entrepreneurship. The project employs young people from marginalized communities as health entrepreneurs, who market digital healthcare in rural areas in order to provide access to affordable and high-quality biomedical care. Although the model promises sustainable modes of financing healthcare, it shifts financial risk to low-income groups. As health workers resisted attempts to be turned into self-reliant entrepreneurs and continued to make demands on the developmental state, frictions emerged during project implementation. The question of how healthcare should be made accessible and affordable, in what manner the state should be involved in financing it, and what role innovation should play in this regard was all contested. Although an entrepreneurial business model to deliver primary care is seen as an innovative solution at a time when government expenditure in the social sector remains low and levels of un- and underemployment are high, this paper complicates prevailing claims about its disruptive powers in India and argues that its effective role for equitable social change has to be critically examined.

ТОРГОВЛЯ ПОД ВЛИЯНИЕМ ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИИ И РЕГИОНАЛИЗАЦИИ: ОТ СЕМЕЙНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА К СИСТЕМНО-СЕТЕВОЙ ПАРАДИГМЕ РАЗВИТИЯ

The article is devoted to understanding the transformation of the forms and principles of organization of the trade sphere under the influence of globalization processes and, at the same time, regionalization of the economy and social relations, intensified at the macro level by centrifugal processes. The author substantiates the objective nature of the ongoing changes in the trading paradigm, formulates the concept of the current “systemic” paradigm, which is based on corporate retail chains and trade and purchasing unions. Marketplaces are for the first time considered as a tool for forming a systemic alternative to retail chains and a condition for the further merging of offline and online forms of trading systems based on omnichannel. The author substantiates the prospects for the transition from an entrepreneurial business model to a “system- network” model, built on the synergy of interests of trade organizations, suppliers and associations of loyal consumers, with the growing importance of the latter, which will allow us to talk about the gradual formation of ecosystems in the consumer market.

Sustainable innovation for shared mobility: contextual and consumer factors of an Indian car subscription business model

PurposeThe paper aims to examine the nature and scale of the sustainability value of car sharing and to identify, through consumer analysis, the contextual and consumer factors of success of car subscription as a business model.Design/methodology/approachThe study evaluates the car sharing model against the sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations in 2019. Individual interviews were performed for preliminary understanding of the factors affecting consumers' choices. Subsequently, through two phases of data collection, factor analysis and path model analysis were performed to identify and confirm latent factors. Consumer market segmentation was performed using cluster analysis.FindingsCar sharing was found to have an overall positive net impact, with certain potential negative dimensions. Willingness, financial affordability, location and experience were identified as the key factors of consumers opting for car subscriptions. The findings further highlight the significant business potentialities of car subscription in India, consequent also to consumers' attitudes toward car ownership.Practical implicationsThe research has substantial implications for both society and business, with the former being presented with an innovative sustainable means of transportation, and the latter with the elements of success of an entrepreneurial business model to support the former.Originality/valueThe study is a pioneer in objectively evaluating and prescribing positive social and business value creation for and through car subscription in India, based on consumer analysis.

Realising the transition to bioenergy: Integrating entrepreneurial business models into the biogas socio-technical system in Uganda

This study assesses the entrepreneurial potential and feasibility of developing a mobile system for purifying and bottling biogas in portable cylinders for wider society consumption and benefit. Our findings reveal that existing research has neglected the entrepreneurial potential in biogas energy that could increase energy supply and access in developing countries. Therefore, using a multimethod approach, the paper provides a comprehensive analysis of how an entrepreneurial business model could be developed and integrated into the biogas socio-technical system in Uganda. The analysis from the transitional model canvas shows that current biogas users have a relatively high satisfaction rate (50%) and with the adoption of the entrepreneurial business model this satisfaction could be captured on a wider social spectrum. Results from the feasibility study indicate that by sourcing materials locally, system builders (entrepreneurs) achieve a marginal cost reduction of 64% compared to when they are imported. Both findings from the transitional model canvas and the feasibility study indicate a high probability of not only reducing the supply gap but also a reliable energy source for developing countries and a potential for income generation and employment for the wider society.

Analysis on the Change of Consumption Cognition and Demand and Its Influence on Entrepreneurial Business Model—— Taking Fresh Products E-commerce Platform as an Example

Analysis on the Change of Consumption Cognition and Demand and Its Influence on Entrepreneurial Business Model—— Taking Fresh Products E-commerce Platform as an Example

How entrepreneurial business model design influences disruptive and adoptive product innovation

The blockchain technology has the great potential to drive product innovation in various industries. This makes such an emerging technology play as an important enabler that drives the generation of new venture. Our study examines the effects of business model designs of blockchain-based entrepreneurial firms on the scope of product newness: disruptive innovation and adoptive innovation. To test such a relationship, we conduct a survey to collect data from 159 blockchain-based ventures. The findings indicate that the novel business model strongly entices disruptive innovation, but it does not influence blockchain-based adoptive product innovation. The results also indicate that the efficient business model strongly encourages blockchain-based product adoptive innovation, but it strongly discourages blockchain-based disruptive product innovation. Further, our analysis shows that the firm’s disruptive technological capability strengthens the positive relationship between the novel business model and disruptive product innovation, but it weakens the positive relationship among the design efficiency and adoptive innovation. Additionally, we found that the disruptive technological capability strongly entices blockchain-based entrepreneurial firms to favor disruptive product innovation over adoptive product innovation.

Building an entrepreneurial business model: The case of MKM Building Supplies Ltd

Adopting the metaphor of a story, the case study explores and offers insight into the creation and operationalization of an innovative business model by an entrepreneurial firm that challenged and disrupted the competitive dynamics of an established industry sector, namely building supplies. The case is focused on MKM Building Supplies Ltd and its co-founder’s entrepreneurial approach to business model innovation in creating a sustainable start-up business model aimed at market disruption. The entrepreneurial business model is operationalized by a strategy of growing, primarily organically, a national network of branches together with the creation, delivery and realization of value in the form of superior service from their hand-picked local managers who are focused on customer relationships and local markets. The firm is both ethical, whereby humanitarian risks are minimized in their global supply chains, and philanthropic, whereby the branches are also committed to supporting their local communities. The case engages students to consider the impact of entrepreneurial business model thinking and innovation and also the local-national-international tensions in global value chains.

The Development of Methodologies for Color Printing in Digital Inkjet Textile Printing and the Application of Color Knowledge in the Ways of Making Project

ABSTRACT Digital textile printing (DTP) offers creative potential and entrepreneurial business models in textile design. Designers are no longer restricted to a number of colors or pattern repeat. It has become possible to print fabric without large set-up costs. This relatively sustainable technology reduces water-usage and dye-wastage. DTP meets Just in Time, Concept to Consumer demand, reducing stock wastage. However, there is a marked difference between screen-color to print-color and software allows a user to select colors unprintable using CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) colorants. Color results are further affected by factors such as structure and composition of the fabric, dye type, printer communications, fabric pre-treatments and secondary processes. A textile designer will be required to understand and experiment with a number of variables in order to feel color-confident. This paper presents investigations which focused on developing methods to aid a designer’s color expectation knowledge, using a Practice-as-Research methodology. Outcomes include a color reference book, digital lap dip tests presented as color maps, and a set of indicator ICC profiles, generated from data accumulated through measuring printed color differences on a variety of substrates. These visual prompts are intended to support designers to build their own internal color look-up table enabling them to predict and resolve color issues during the design process. Finally, the paper concludes by presenting a Case Study detailing an application of these color methods by the researcher for the Ways of Making project, a collaboration between Sir Peter Blake, Worton Hall Studios and Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at University of West of England (UWE). Here, the indicator profiles were applied to Blake’s images, altering the color data to create experimental color modifications and printed onto silk. An initial selection of works from the project were exhibited at London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, April 2019.

Quand la capacité dynamique d’un écosystème devient moteur d’innovation collaborative. La singularité de l’écosystème textile au Maroc

Un écosystème d’affaires (ESA) permet de fédérer des organisations privées et publiques autour de projets innovants afin de leur conférer un avantage compétitif collectif. Cet article défend l’idée que la création de valeur est non seulement liée à l’innovation produit et process de chacun des acteurs, fédérés autour de projets innovants, mais également à l’innovation écosystémique générée. En nous appuyant sur les fondements théoriques des modèles d’affaires et plus particulièrement sur leurs capacités dynamiques, nous nous sommes interrogés sur les facilitateurs et les freins à l’innovation. Une démarche qualitative de focus group a été déployée auprès d’un écosystème textile marocain qui a développé des processus organisationnels d’adaptation face à une concurrence mondiale exacerbée. Nos résultats mettent en évidence le rôle clef d’éléments catalyseurs et relais d’innovation écosystémique et démontrent que les fruits de l’innovation collectivement générée peuvent être valorisés individuellement dans les modèles d’affaires entrepreneuriaux. Une typologie des freins à l’innovation a également été élaborée. Codes JEL : L14, O32

Smart cities and entrepreneurship: An agenda for future research

Smart city is an entrepreneurial city. There is a bidirectional relationship between entrepreneurship and smart cities. First, entrepreneurs initiate technological interventions that help cities undergo socio-technical transitions and become smart cities. Second, the technologies being adopted in cities generate data which then helps enterprises to explore new opportunities. Despite the potential of this bidirectional relationship, this connection has been less explored. In order to fill the gap, this paper reviews the extant literature in the field to contextualize the role that entrepreneurship plays in building smart cities and how smart cities influence entrepreneurial business models. I referred to 479 papers published until June 2017 on smart cities and 35 papers out of those related to entrepreneurship using the method of clustered content analysis. This article contributes towards increasing our understanding of this bidirectional relationship, and opens up research avenues for future research in the fields of smart cities and entrepreneurship.

Making Food Rescue Your Business: Case Studies in Germany

Initiatives of the European Union in the context of food waste running governmental and nonprofit campaigns strive to reach waste reduction goals. The study investigated entrepreneurial business models in the arena of food waste in Germany with a multiple case study research approach. Business entrepreneurs seek to reduce waste through its monetarization. After the initial identification of close to all current entrepreneurial businesses, ten entrepreneurs in retail, processing, and food service were interviewed to determine barriers and challenges to the models’ success and analyze their motivation to start these businesses. The most important barriers constituted logistical problems regarding supply as well as marketing; and the need for close collaboration with suppliers constituted another important challenge. Their motivations combine sustainability-oriented goals with a profit goal. To scale up, an increase in collaboration and data exchange is needed across the supply chain.

BUSINESS MODEL RECONFIGURATION AND INNOVATION IN SMEs: A MIXED-METHOD ANALYSIS FROM THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

Previous studies often assume that business model innovation (BMI) is reflected in an entrepreneurial business model design. We assume that business model reconfiguration (BMR) takes place in more nuanced types and does not always lead to (radical) BMI. By undertaking a mixed methods study with 213 respectively 16 SMEs from the electronic industry, we uncover six basically different types of BMRs and discuss their performance implications. By this, we shape the current understanding of BMR and shed light on variety and implications of different types of BMRs. Our configuration study indicates that firms achieve superior performance when implementing a radically new business model reflected in a new configuration of all three components of the business model: value creation, value proposition, and value capture. Second, BMR can take place in types where only some parts of the business model are extensively changed, while others are only slightly adapted.

Mobilising African music: how mobile telecommunications and technology firms are transforming African music sectors

ABSTRACT This paper explores the role of mobile telecommunication and technology firms (MTTs) in the distribution of recorded music in Ghana and Kenya. These countries both have vibrant music markets with weak formal distribution networks. Limited enforcement of copyright regimes and weak market regulation created new entrepreneurial business models. While ‘big tech’ dominates this space elsewhere, in African contexts the main players are mobile service providers (e.g. MTN, Vodafone, Tigo) and digital content firms (e.g. Liberty Afrika, MTech, Cellulant). These transnational players cater to fast-growing consumer markets that do not have easy access to major music distribution platforms such as iTunes and Spotify (which tend to provide very limited access to ‘local’ content, in any case). Despite their particular and increasingly significant roles, very little empirical attention has been paid to the activities of mobile telecommunication and technology firms (MTTs) in music sectors. This paper takes stock of why and how MTTs have entered into the business of recorded music distribution in Ghana and Kenya, and assesses the ramifications of their entry for the music sectors in these and other African countries as part of broader global shifts in the production, distribution and marketing of recorded music.

Disruptive Innovation: How Washington State University Is Reaching Urban Audiences

Washington State University (WSU) is redefining how Extension works in urban areas. Its Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension (Metro Center) engages nontraditional Extension audiences using an innovative business model that focuses on short-term projects instead of long-term programs. Outcome-driven, client-centered, and solution-oriented, the Metro Center works to develop practical, place-based solutions by being a conduit between metropolitan decision makers and WSU faculty expertise across the state. In this article, we present a case study centered on the conditions and opportunities leading to the Metro Center's formation, the center's entrepreneurial business model, and center projects that allow Extension to reach new audiences.

An Analysis on the Critical Parameters Influencing Sustainability for Agri Business Industry: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Frame Work

In India the MSME sector inhabits the second position in terms of employment generation. In this context Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) have considerably contributed to the fiscal progress of our country. The development of the MSME sector is exceptionally important, as it holds the key to ample growth and plays a crucial role in comprehensive growth of our country. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on sustainability of small business so as to identify the influencing parameters which are responsible for the long term sustainability of small business. This paper further aims to develop a Conceptual Framework for Business Sustainability in Agri Business sector. Various Scopus indexed journal articles from the year 2010 to 2017 were considered for literature review. Based on the literature survey and gap identified, the framework includes the three independent parameters such as Entrepreneurial Competency (EC), Business Model (BM), Innovation and Technology (IT). Hence from the summary of literature survey it was identified that, the collective contribution of EC, BM and IT leads to Business Sustainability (BS) of Small Agri Engineering Manufacturing Companies. Hence the measurability for the sustainability of the Agribusiness is developed through conceptual framework via three parameters namely EC, BM, IT. The outcome of the above study is expected to identify the, challenges faced by the small and medium size industries in the Agri Engineering sector for future sustainability.

The Effect of Leader Attitude on Traditional vs. Social Entrepreneurial Nonprofit Business Models

The research proposed will examine the differences and similarities between the mindsets of people who lead nonprofit Social Entrepreneurial Enterprises (SEEs) and those who manage traditional non-for-profit organizations (NFPs) in Mexico. In particular, the study will seek to identify the extent to which risk orientation, opportunity recognition, self- efficacy, innovativeness, and social capital influence social entrepreneurial behavior. By comparing these two types of leadership roles, we can further our understanding of how some social leaders in Mexico, despite diminishing traditional revenue streams, are able to scale up and sustain their nonprofit organizations.

The Problem of Waste Intensity in Entrepreneurial Business Models

A key feature of the market economy and the mechanism of its growth, as defined by J. A. Schumpeter, is an incessantly expanding avalanche of consumer goods which eventually transforms into an expanding waste stream. In fact, waste is a permanent feature of capitalist economy. Securing sustainable development requires that the realization of capitalist economic goals be accompanied by practical actions to solve the problems and threats arising from this fact. One of the key areas of this type of activity is directly correlated with entrepreneurial business models. A different understanding of the notions of growth and sustainability allows for a distinction between two separate models of waste management: the market model, which entails the intervention of public authorities, and the environmental model. Both are oriented at stimulating economic growth, increasing welfare and employment. Both also respect the requirements of the environment and focus on solving the problems of waste and waste intensity. Development is perceived differently in each of the respective models. The market model refers to neoclassical economics and a dialectical understanding of economic growth, while the environmental model is based on the foundations of classical economics. The entrepreneurs’ approach to the problem of waste intensity remains closely correlated to the waste management model within which they operate. In the market model, the entrepreneur concentrates his actions on salvage and recycling of the waste already produced, whereas the entrepreneur seeks to limit waste in the environmental model by putting the “earn more selling less” rule into practice.