Internal antecedents for systematic business model innovation: insights from the German automotive manufacturers

Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1504/ijeim.2023.129333

Benedict Seiferlein, Dominik K. Kanbach, Claudia Lehmann

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Abstract

Despite considerable interest from academics and management professionals in creating sustainable, competitive advantages through business model innovation (BMI), and highly-prominent BMI success stories, the contemporary understanding of how company-internal antecedents can enable systematic BMI remains limited. However, this specific knowledge is necessary if companies are to repeatedly exploit BMI's strategic and financial benefits. Therefore, this paper aims to reveal the internal antecedents by applying an in-depth qualitative research approach to the systematic BMI of all five German automotive manufacturers. The results show that systematic BMI is enabled through: 1) unified orientation; 2) dynamic orchestration; 3) flexible operations; 4) adjacent fields, which are underpinned by 16 distinct second-order themes. These findings significantly enhance the theoretical and managerial understanding of the enabling factors for BMI, and contribute unique empirical insights to the ongoing academic debate - particularly from the perspectives of dynamic capabilities and strategic agility.

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系统性商业模式创新的内在前提:来自德国汽车制造商的见解

尽管学术界和管理专业人士对通过商业模式创新(BMI)创造可持续的竞争优势非常感兴趣，以及非常突出的BMI成功案例，但当代对公司内部因素如何实现系统BMI的理解仍然有限。然而，如果公司要反复利用BMI的战略和经济利益，这些具体的知识是必要的。因此，本文旨在通过对所有五家德国汽车制造商的系统BMI应用深入的定性研究方法来揭示内部的前因由。结果表明:1)统一定位;2)动态编排;3)操作灵活;4)相邻的领域，由16个不同的二级主题支撑。这些发现显著增强了对BMI促成因素的理论和管理理解，并为正在进行的学术辩论提供了独特的实证见解——特别是从动态能力和战略敏捷性的角度。

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International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics

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