Business Model Design and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms (RV of 2003/94/ENT/SM/ACGRD 4)
Author: Zott, Christoph ; Amit, RaphaelINSEAD Area: Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise Series: Working Paper ; 2006/33/FE (revised version of 2003/94/ENT/SM/ACGRD 4) Publisher: Fontainebleau : INSEAD, 2006.Language: EnglishDescription: 47 p.Type of document: INSEAD Working Paper Online Access: Click here Abstract: We focus on a particular organization design issue - namely, the design of an organization's set of boundary-spanning transactions - which we refer to as business model design, and ask how business model design affects the performance of entrepreneurial firms. Specifically, by extending and integrating theoretical perespectives that inform the study of boundary-spanning organization design, we propose hypotheses about the impact of efficiency-centered and noveltycentered business model design on the performance of entrepreneurial firms. To test these hypotheses, we developed and analyzed a unique data set of 190 entrepreneurial firms that were publicly listed on US and European stock exchanges. The empirical results show that noveltycentered business model design matters to the performance of entrepreneurial firms. Our analysis also shows that this positive relationship is remarkably stable across time, even under varying environmental regimes. Furthermore, we find indications of potential diseconomies of scope in design; that is, entrepreneurs' attempts to incorporate both efficiency- and novelty-centered design elements into their business models may be counterproductive. Previous title: Business model design and the performance of entrepreneurial firms (RV of 2002/128/ENT/SM) - Zott, Christoph;Amit, Raphael - 2003 - INSEAD Working Paper| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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We focus on a particular organization design issue - namely, the design of an organization's set of boundary-spanning transactions - which we refer to as business model design, and ask how business model design affects the performance of entrepreneurial firms. Specifically, by extending and integrating theoretical perespectives that inform the study of boundary-spanning organization design, we propose hypotheses about the impact of efficiency-centered and noveltycentered business model design on the performance of entrepreneurial firms. To test these hypotheses, we developed and analyzed a unique data set of 190 entrepreneurial firms that were publicly listed on US and European stock exchanges. The empirical results show that noveltycentered business model design matters to the performance of entrepreneurial firms. Our analysis also shows that this positive relationship is remarkably stable across time, even under varying environmental regimes. Furthermore, we find indications of potential diseconomies of scope in design; that is, entrepreneurs' attempts to incorporate both efficiency- and novelty-centered design elements into their business models may be counterproductive.
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