Digitalization and Asia-Pacific Business Models

Tachia Chin, PhD, is Professor at the School of Management at the Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China. Before starting her academic career, she spent more than 12 years working in Singapore and China. She has published more than 100 articles in top English and Chinese journals and has served as leading Guest Editor for several top-tier journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management, Career Development International and Asia Pacific Business Review. Chris Rowley is Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College at the University of Oxford, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Tohoku University, Japan, and at the University of Business and International Studies, Switzerland. He is Professor Emeritus at Bayes Business School at the City, University of London, UK. He has over 30 years' experience in university systems in the UK, Europe, and Asia and has won several international grants. He is Editor of the important SCI-rated journal Asia Pacific Business Review and has published over 700 articles, books, chapters, and practitioner pieces. He regularly provides interviews, expert comments, and opinion pieces to the international media, including news services, TV, radio, and practitioner outlets. Shouyang Wang, PhD, is Chair Professor at the School of Economics and Management at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He has published over 40 books and over 450 papers in leading journals. He is Editor of Taylor & Francis book series Advances in Risk Management and is/was Editor-in-Chief and Department Editor of over 10 journals including Information and Management and Guest Editor for a special issue of the Asia Pacific Business Review.

1. Introduction—Digital dynamics of Asia-Pacific business models: balancing cultures, innovation and value creation 2. Confucian business model canvas in the Asia Pacific: a Yin-Yang harmony cognition 3. User-driven business model innovation: an ethnographic inquiry into Toutiao 4. Business model innovation amid manufacturers’ servitization transformation 5. Unconventional revenue models to capture value from smart services 6. New business models and their government-oriented features 7. The role of business model innovation mix in the transition of contract manufacturers 8. Business model innovation as mediator for the strategic flexibility-performance relationship