A Business Model Bridging Knowledge Gaps

Fioretti, Guido and Kwan, Stephen K. and Niciforo, Stefania (2018): A Business Model Bridging Knowledge Gaps.

Abstract

Starting with a case-study we illustrate an emerging business model for the Industrial Internet of Things that applies to other ITC-based industries as well. We formalize this business model by importing the concept of structural holes into semantic networks and suggest that a similar logic applies to conceptual maps of consumers’ behaviour, too.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Business Models, Internet of Things
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L29 - Other; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O39 - Other

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