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BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Volume 25, Issue 7, Pages 1520-1542Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/BPMJ-07-2018-0194
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Lean manufacturing; Lean startup; Business model change; Business model experimenting; Business model validation; Digital entrepreneurship
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Purpose Business model change (BMC) is a process new ventures are frequently involved in, especially in dynamic environments like the digital industry: copying with it is a key issue for entrepreneurs attempting to shorten the transition between current and new business models (BMs) and avoid losses in terms of revenue, image and customer retention, while acquiring experience and validated learning in the process. The purpose of this paper is to propose a lean framework to support digital new ventures in the BMC process. Design/methodology/approach The study builds its contribution on two pillars: a review on BM and the lean thinking theories, and a multiple case study on three digital new ventures which underwent BMC. Findings The study shows how BMC in a digital context can beneficially follow lean principles, and how these principles can be integrated in an original lean framework to experiment on, validate and subsequently change a BM. Originality/value The authors provide the single minute exchange of die for BMC framework that extends and complements lean startup approaches to further relate lean thinking and BMC, thus operationalizing the process of BM experimenting and validation that enables change.
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