Image: Malin Grönborg
Image: Malin Grönborg
PhD project within the Industrial Doctoral School at Umeå University.
Ivan Riumkin investigates a business model concept through a systematic literature review with a following conceptual paper in order to advance the scope of the concept to the network level where collaboration between organizations is deemed to be crucial for achieving complex non/commercial goals such as sustainable development.
The concept of business model has been used widely by practitioners and has also been a subject of numerous research projects. While the usefulness of the concept has been proven by practice and research it has some limitations.
One important limitation is the concept’s preoccupation with focal firm activities and a lack of systemic perspective which may be necessary for achieving complex goals such as sustainable development. Thus, we focus on collaborative dimensions of the business model in order to advance our understanding on how the concept is/might be used on a network level.
