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I've edited the page on business models based on the lates literature (practitioner and academic)
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In your historical overview of business models I suggest you go back and include Cyrus McCormick and the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. His business model of financing the purchase of harvesters to farmers on credit revolutionized that business. See for example Afred Chandler's "The Visisible Hand." Wedgwood's business model also deserve mentioning.
- Soren Bisgaard
- Eugene M. Isenberg Professor of Technology Management
- Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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- I am not familiar with the McCormick model. Please add a sentence or two to the article. If you have time, an article on it would be great. mydogategodshat 22:35, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The bait and hook model refers to charging "excessive" amounts for the blades. Excessive by what standard?
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In the articles on business models list the very last item -- 'The online content business model' just gives a link to a word definition for 'online', not sure if there was another more appropriate page that was intended for this link?
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The link "Business Models on the Web" isn't a particularly good website and should maybe be removed.
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I've an issue with the term "excessive" here as well. "Excessive" simply means "beyond normal limits" but the connotation here is negative. Is there a better word to use? Ziggles Metropolitan 14:12, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
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It might makes sense to merge the article business model design with this article. Opinions? Kborer 23:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
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I don't want to disturb the content as it exists at the moment, but have written a blog entry on definitions for business model by Johan Wallin, and by Rafael Ramirez and Johan Wallin . The blog entry is at http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/value-creating-systems-and-business-models-systems-thinking-inside/ , with the definitions provided (and build up background).
Daviding 11:31 EDT, July 7, 2007.
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Would the loss leader business model fall in with the razors and blades business model? Essentially they are the same thing correct? 8:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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I reverted and edited a couple of changes:
- I feel that previous deletion of the abstract definition (... formal and informal description of ...) was hiding the fact that the nine building blocks are in fact a conceptualization and, moreover, a synthesization of many different ones.
- However, previous version did not have the actual citations of other conceptualizations this synthesis is based on --- maybe someone can go through the PDF and add them
- Though I can see why personal advertisement of opinions should be omitted, authorship and credit should be stated. I reinserted Alexander Ostermann's thesis, this time as a footnote
- Not only are the building blocks important, but also their relationship towards each other in order to establish a real template. I hence reverted the image deletion.
- Some minor cleanup of footnotes and references
--Thinkstorm (talk) 07:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Virtual Business Model
In talking with a couple other businesses in my industry, I have noticed that "Virtual" businesses are becoming more visible on the internet. I'm merely here researching business models to begin my own startup, so I don't know much about them, but from what I have gathered from those I've talked with, a Virtual Business is a collection of individuals that have incorporated, but have no common building for which meetings and daily normal business is conducted. Most commonly, they converse via email and cell phone. Wouldn't it make sense that the "Virtual Business Model" should be in your list. I also suggest losing the Online business model as well, since it only redirects to a definition of "Online". CertGuard (talk) 12:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
