The impact of Digital Platforms on Business Models: an empirical investigation on innovative start-ups

Abstract Digital platforms have the ability to connect people, organizations and resources with the aim of facilitating the core interactions between businesses and consumers as well as assuring a greater efficiency for the business management. New business concepts, such as innovative start-ups, are therefore created based on innovation, scalability and the relationships within the community around them. The purpose of this work is to deeply understand the evolution of business models brought by innovative and dynamic companies operating through online platforms. In order to achieve the objectives set, an exploratory multiple-case study was designed based on in-depth structured interviews. The aim was to conduct a mixed analysis, in order to rely both on qualitative and quantitative data. The structured interview protocol was therefore designed to collect and then analyse data concerning the company profile and managers’ perspectives on the phenomenon of interest. The interview protocol was submitted in advance and then face-to-face interviews were carried out with the following professional figures: Chief Executive Officer (CEO), General Manager, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Marketing Manager and Developers. Collected data were analysed and processed through the Canvas Business Model in order to clearly outline similarities and differences among the sample. Results can be considered under two viewpoints. On the one hand, this work provides a detailed overview of the companies interviewed, according to the dimensions of: reference market dynamics, type and number of customers, scalability. On the other one, they allow to identify some success patterns regarding key activities, key resources, channel mix strategy, costs management, value proposition, customer segmentation, key partners and the way to obtain revenues. Results from the multiple-case study with 15 Italian start-ups provide interesting insights by comparing the innovative business models developed and highlighting key differences and similarities. Overall, the start-ups analyzed, operating in several sectors, showed great growth prospects and the possibility to create value for their customers through innovative products and services offered through digital platforms.

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Circular start-up development: the case of positive impact entrepreneurship in Poland

Corporate Governance ◽

10.1108/cg-01-2020-0043 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Boleslaw Rok ◽

Monika Kulik

Keyword(s):

Business Model ◽

Business Models ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Content Type ◽

Start Up ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Start Ups ◽

The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how circular start-ups design and implement innovation into their business models to increase their positive impact. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study is based on an exploratory multiple-case study involving six circular start-ups with positive impact in Poland. Data gathering took place via in-depth interviews with start-up founders. Findings The analysis demonstrates that three factors, which are strongly interconnected, can significantly influence the development of a circular start-up. The first is the purpose-led motivation for circularity as a solution, mostly concentrated on the environmental education of different market actors. The second factor is built on the aim to increase the positive impact by addressing the most pressing social and environmental problems. It determines the impact on society as well as on the environment and the extent to which its model can be scaled up. The third factor is driven by the understanding of the purpose of the innovation, concentrated on the business model innovation regarding circularity. Practical implications This paper demonstrates the benefits for diverse stakeholders and the importance of using circular business models in start-up development. Circularity can be perceived as a main part of the new approach to improve sustainability. Originality/value Circular start-ups represent a new phenomenon in the entrepreneurial market. While the structure and logic of the circular business model in start-ups are significantly unexplored in the management literature, this model is viewed as a crucial step in the direction of increasing the positive impact of start-ups. From a theoretical and practical perspective, it is important to understand the differences and similarities in this area within different markets.

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Jornalismo e deliberação pública: um estudo de casos múltiplos Journalism and public deliberation: a multiple case study Periodismo y deliberación pública: un estudio de casos múltiples

Comunicação & Sociedade ◽

10.15603/2175-7755/cs.v39n3p5-28 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Solano Dos Santos Nascimento

Keyword(s):

Social Problems ◽

Multiple Case Study ◽

Public Deliberation ◽

Multiple Case ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

ResumoO artigo apresenta o resultado de um estudo de casos múltiplos a respeito da relação entre três reportagens que trataram de problemas sociais – publicadas pela revista Época e pelos jornais O Globo e Correio Braziliense - e mudanças na legislação que teoricamente buscaram resolver os problemas apontados pelas reportagens. O estudo concluiu que houve influência das reportagens nas mudanças em leis, mas que esse impacto teve nuanças bastante distintas.AbstractThis report presents the results of a multiple case study about the relationship between three stories that dealt with social problems - published by Época magazine and O Globo and Correio Braziliense newspapers - and changes in legislation that theoretically sought to solve the problems pointed out by the stories . The study conclusion was that there was influence of the stories in laws changes, the impact had quite different shades. ResumenEl artículo presenta el resultado de un estudio de casos múltiples acerca de la relación entre tres reportajes sobre problemas sociales-publicados por la revista Época y por los periódicos O Globo y Correio Braziliense - y cambios en la legislación que teóricamente buscaron resolver los problemas señalados por los reportajes . El estudio concluyó que hubo influencia de los reportajes en los cambios de leyes, pero que ese impacto tuvo matices muy distintos.

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New business models in circular economy: A multiple case study into touch points creating customer values in health care

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125375 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 282 ◽

pp. 125375

Author(s):

P.J.M. van Boerdonk ◽

H.R. Krikke ◽

W. Lambrechts

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Business Models ◽

Multiple Case Study ◽

New Business ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Customer Values ◽

New Business Models

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Coaches’ interpersonal emotion regulation and the coach-athlete relationship

Movement & Sport Sciences - Science & Motricité ◽

10.1051/sm/2019011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 37-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Courtney Braun ◽

Katherine A. Tamminen

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Emotion Regulation ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Multiple Case Study ◽

Emotional Expressions ◽

Emotional Labour ◽

Bidirectional Association ◽

Multiple Case ◽

The Impact

Researchers have examined the impact of coaches’ emotional expressions and emotional intelligence on athlete outcomes (Allan, V., & Côté, J. (2016). A cross-sectional analysis of coaches’ observed emotion-behavior profiles and adolescent athletes’ self-reported developmental outcomes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 28, 321–337; Thelwell, R.C., Lane, A.M., Weston, N.J., & Greenlees, I.A. (2008). Examining relationships between emotional intelligence and coaching efficacy. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 6, 224–235; van Kleef, G.A., Cheshin, A., Koning, L.F., & Wolf, S.A. (2018). Emotional games: How coaches’ emotional expressions shape players’ emotions, inferences, and team performance. Psychology of Sport & Exercise). However, there is little research examining coaches’ use of specific strategies to regulate their athletes’ emotions. The purpose of the present study was to explore the strategies coaches used to try and regulate their athletes’ emotions, and to explore the relationship and contextual factors influencing coaches’ IER strategy use. A longitudinal multiple case study approach was used (Stake, R.E. (2006). Multiple case study analysis. New York: The Guilford Press) with five cases, each consisting of one male coach and two individual varsity sport athletes (N = 15). Participants completed individual interviews, a two-week audio diary period, and a follow-up interview. Data were inductively and deductively analyzed and a conceptual model was developed outlining athletes’ emotions and emotion regulation, coaches’ IER, the coach-athlete relationship, and contextual factors. Participants described a bidirectional association between the coach-athlete relationship and coaches’ IER. A number of factors influenced athletes’ and coaches’ use of emotion regulation strategies and contributed to the quality of the coach-athlete relationship. The IER strategies that coaches used may reflect instrumental, performance-related motives, and coaches’ IER efforts may also contribute to coaches’ emotional labour.

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Successful approaches for implementing additive manufacturing

World Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development ◽

10.1108/wjemsd-12-2019-0100 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 131-148

Author(s):

Robert Martens ◽

Susan K. Fan ◽

Rocky J. Dwyer

Keyword(s):

Additive Manufacturing ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Business Models ◽

Multiple Case Study ◽

High Tech ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Content Type ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Qualitative Multiple Case Study

PurposeThe purpose of this qualitative, multiple-case study was to explore the successful strategies that managers of light and high-tech small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in the Netherlands, use to adopt additive manufacturing (AM) technology into their business models.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative, multiple-case study approach was used. The participants for this study consisted of executive-level managers of light and high-tech manufacturing companies in the Netherlands. Company documents were studied, and individual interviews were undertaken with participants to gain an understanding of the strategies they used to adopt AM technology into their business models.FindingsThree significant themes emerged from the data analysis: identify business opportunities for AM technology, experiment with AM technology and embed AM technology.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study could be of advantage to industry leaders and manufacturing managers who are contemplating to adopt AM in their business models.Originality/valueThis study may contribute to the further proliferation of AM technology. Industry leaders may also gain a clearer understanding of the effects of 3DP on local employment. The results of the study may also work as a catalyst for increased awareness for manufacturing firm leaders who have not yet considered the opportunities and threats AM technology presents to their organizations.

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