An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment
Although the consideration of a popular and useful tool to support the creation of new enterprises and to develop existing businesses, the business model concept is used so widely and may have no clear meaning in practice. A thorough literature review showed that the concept is often discussed theor...
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| author | Yahaya, I. S. Amat Senin, A. Yusuf, M. M. B. Adamu, M. A. |
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| description | Although the consideration of a popular and useful tool to support the creation of new enterprises and to develop existing businesses, the business model concept is used so widely and may have no clear meaning in practice. A thorough literature review showed that the concept is often discussed theoretically and conceptually but there was a distinct lack of empirical studies of its conceptualization and application. This paper is intended to address this limitation in extant knowledge. The broad research in this paper also aims were to explore the conceptualization and application of the business model concept within SME business owner-managers. Subsidiary aims were to explore the concept’s perceived limitations and the ways that members of the own business managers have further refined the concept in order to address its shortcomings. To fulfill these aims, in-depth interviews were conducted with samples of 12 owner-managers of technology-based small businesses, all located in Nigeria. The research findings revealed a high level of diversity in the interpretation of the application in the business model concept and in evaluations of its use within and across the samples. And also it’s offered a new application perspective. Only a few SME owner-managers applied the concept in any way and some were unaware of the concept while others are afraid to apply the business model concept in their business. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-879362020-11-30T13:37:18Z http://eprints.utm.my/87936/ An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment Yahaya, I. S. Amat Senin, A. Yusuf, M. M. B. Adamu, M. A. HF Commerce Although the consideration of a popular and useful tool to support the creation of new enterprises and to develop existing businesses, the business model concept is used so widely and may have no clear meaning in practice. A thorough literature review showed that the concept is often discussed theoretically and conceptually but there was a distinct lack of empirical studies of its conceptualization and application. This paper is intended to address this limitation in extant knowledge. The broad research in this paper also aims were to explore the conceptualization and application of the business model concept within SME business owner-managers. Subsidiary aims were to explore the concept’s perceived limitations and the ways that members of the own business managers have further refined the concept in order to address its shortcomings. To fulfill these aims, in-depth interviews were conducted with samples of 12 owner-managers of technology-based small businesses, all located in Nigeria. The research findings revealed a high level of diversity in the interpretation of the application in the business model concept and in evaluations of its use within and across the samples. And also it’s offered a new application perspective. Only a few SME owner-managers applied the concept in any way and some were unaware of the concept while others are afraid to apply the business model concept in their business. 2020-03 Article PeerReviewed Yahaya, I. S. and Amat Senin, A. and Yusuf, M. M. B. and Adamu, M. A. (2020) An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24 (5). pp. 1033-1041. ISSN 1475-7192 http://www.dx.doi.org/10.37200/IJPR/V24I5/PR201777 DOI: 10.37200/IJPR/V24I5/PR201777 |
| spellingShingle | HF Commerce Yahaya, I. S. Amat Senin, A. Yusuf, M. M. B. Adamu, M. A. An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment |
| title | An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment |
| title_full | An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment |
| title_fullStr | An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment |
| title_short | An investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment |
| title_sort | investigation of business model perception meaning and usage in the sme business environment |
| topic | HF Commerce |
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