Openness in innovation and business models: lessons from the newspaper industry

Anna B. Holm; Franziska Günzel; John Parm Ulhøi

doi:10.1504/IJTM.2013.052674

Openness in innovation and business models: lessons from the newspaper industry

Anna B. Holm, Franziska Günzel, John Parm Ulhøi

Institut for Virksomhedsledelse

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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Abstract

The literature on open innovation portrays open business models as a contemporary and extremely useful tool, which can be used by companies to
create and capture value in collaboration with external partners. This paper
takes the discussion a step further by examining the effect of opening business
models in the newspaper industry. Based on interviews with key informants
from the two largest media groups in Denmark, together with archival
data from 2002 to 2011, we show how the internet and related technology
developments have disrupted the long-standing successful business model of
the industry. Our findings suggest that a more nuanced view and balanced
understanding of the term ‘openness’ as regards business models is needed,
since open business models may have other manifestations and implications for
business model viability than have been reported in the literature so far.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	International Journal of Technology Management
Vol/bind	61
Nummer	3/4
Sider (fra-til)	324-348
Antal sider	24
ISSN	0267-5730
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2013.052674
Status	Udgivet - feb. 2013

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10.1504/IJTM.2013.052674

DUL: Digital Urban Living
Halskov, K. (Projektleder) & Pold, S. B. (Deltager)
01/01/2008 → 30/06/2012
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

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