Business Model Innovation and Digital Technology : the Perspective of Incumbent Italian Small and Medium-sized Firms

• Autorzy: Andrea Sabatini , Marco Cucculelli , Gian Luca Gregori
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Objective: The aim of the article was to conduct an explorative study on the relationship between business model innovation and digital technologies in incumbent small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Research Design & Methods: A qualitative methodology supported the study by providing a novel perspective of analysis. Ten cases were selected from a sample of seventy SMEs engaged in a university-industry collaboration programme.
Findings: The study aimed to explore the implications of the business model innovation process in incumbent SMEs when they adopt digital technologies. This perspective helped to understand how digital technologies act as enabling factors that support SMEs in innovating their business models.
Implications & Recommendations: This study developed a conceptual framework to depict business model innovation when SMEs adopt digital technologies. Digital technology emerged as a necessary but not sufficient condition to achieve business model innovation.
Contribution & Value Added: The study shed light on the relationship between business model innovation and digital technologies in incumbent SMEs and unfolded its major underlying factors. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Innovative character; Business models; Digital technologies; Entrepreneurship

PL

Innowacyjność; Modele biznesowe; Technologie cyfrowe; Przedsiębiorczość

• Czasopismo: Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: 10
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 23--35

Twórcy

autor

Andrea Sabatini

• Università Politecnica delle Marche

autor

Marco Cucculelli

• Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

autor

Gian Luca Gregori

• Università Politecnica delle Marche

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DOI

10.15678/EBER.2022.100302