The ambition of this paper is to increase the understanding of digital platform businesses and business model innovation in the context two-sided markets. A proposal for an instructive new business model canvas is developed by combining abductive reasoning with insights from a case study. The...

The ambition of this paper is to increase the understanding of digital platform businesses and business model innovation in the context two-sided markets. A proposal for an instructive new business model canvas is developed by combining abductive reasoning with insights from a case study. The...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to promote decision-making structures between the customer and the supplier in a highly uncertain environment. This phenomenon of demand-supply chain synchronisation includes sharing of high-quality and timely demand and supply information in order to...

The purpose of this research was to find out what value rapid prototyping (RP) adds to innovation and creative activity, what challenges it entails, and what sort of innovation it is especially suited for. The research was implemented as a qualitative case study of ten cases. According to the...

The research examined the formalisation of front end innovation (FEI) activity in the supply networks of the Finnish machinery industry. The goal of the study is to recognise formalisation practices of FEI activity in the studied environment by best practice benchmarking approach. Research data...