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INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Volume 91, Issue -, Pages 671-685Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.04.009
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Business model; Critical realist study; Value; Process method; Mechanism; Business networks
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This study applies a process approach to analyse the evolution of a business model in a network environment. The business model provides a context in which to observe change processes arising through interactions amongst network actors. Based on a systematic search of the literature, the study proposes six processes by which business models evolve, motivated by the causal mechanism of value anticipation/realisation. We argue that actors' anticipations and realisations of value, arising continuously through repeated interactions, motivate changes in their interactions, which cause their interlinked business models to evolve over time. We explain the connection between the evolving business model and value in a way that accommodates interactive and time dimensions of value. The process explanation is demonstrated with empirical evidence from the longitudinal case history of an IT company. What appear to be discontinuous phases in the history of the focal firm's business model are shown to be causally connected by continuous event sequences. The study contributes to process methods by providing a worked example of a strong process explanation applied to a network business phenomenon.
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