Business Models

Christian Nielsen is Professor at the Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Denmark. Christian currently serves as Head of Department as well as being Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Models. He is a global thought leader in the design of scalable business models. Morten Lund is Associate Professor and Director of the Business Design Center at Aalborg University, Denmark. Morten is an experienced entrepreneur and executive manager who has founded, consulted on and invested in multiple ventures with disruptive business models. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Models. Marco Montemari is Assistant Professor at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. His research interests concern management accounting, intellectual capital and business models. Marco’s research has been published in the Journal of Intellectual Capital and the European Journal of Innovation Management, among others. Francesco Paolone holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University, Italy. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Parthenope University of Naples. His research profiles are focused on financial reporting, corporate governance and business models. He is the author of several international scientific contributions. Maurizio Massaro is Associate Professor at Venice Ca’ Foscari University and Udine University, Italy. One of Maurizio’s articles has recently been awarded the Emerald Literati Award for Excellence. He is a member of the Global Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise (MIKE) Award as the Italian representative. John Dumay is Professor of Accounting and Finance, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and a highly cited author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles book chapters and conference papers. His Ph.D. Intellectual Capital in Action: Australian Studies won the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in 2008 for Knowledge Management.

1. The rising relevance of understanding business models; 2. Applied research methodology; 3. Insights: how the field of business models is developing; 4. Critique and transformative redefinition; 5. First stage business model research: definitions and concepts; 6. Second stage business model research: the innovation of business models; 7. Third stage business model research: design frameworks and foundations for theory-building; 8. Fourth stage business model research: the performative phase; 9. Concluding remarks