Latin America and the Caribbean 2050: Becoming a Global Low-Carbon Metals and Solutions Hub

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Spano ◽  
Paolo Natali ◽  
Charles Cannon ◽  
Suzanne Greene ◽  
Osvaldo Urzúa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Cost Curve ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Caribbean

This report evaluates scope 3 emissions along the copper and iron ore value chains and the opportunities that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has to become a low carbon metals and solutions hub. The report presents four carbon emission scenarios that represent different sets of decisions for policy-makers and investors. Two scenarios fall short of aligning with Paris targets: (1) the business as usual (BaU) scenario with no further abatement action; and (2) a BaU scenario with the current level of emission reduction potential from players in the value chain (BaU Possible). The other two scenarios deliver the required carbon reductions to be compliant with the Paris Agreement by 2060, but through different strategies: (3) the BaU Paris scenario. where alignment with Paris targets is achieved by keeping BaU volumes and reducing carbon intensity per tonne of metal; and (4) the Decoupled scenario, where carbon intensity reductions are relaxed and compensated by a reduction in primary supply to align the value chain emissions to a Paris trajectory. All scenarios require LACs leaders to consider investments in low-carbon technology in different degrees. The report argues that, given its competitive position in the cost curve for copper and iron ore and an abundance of enabling factors for low carbon strategies, the region could become a key source of low carbon metals and solutions as long as it is proactive in adopting all the necessary measures from public sector and industry perspectives. Finally, the report concludes that myriad opportunities exist for LAC, including new business models, technologies and products, and that these could yield a greater economic and social contribution to the region than the BaU trajectories.

Suppliers in the privatised UK wastewater market and their possible moves towards integrated solutions

Water Policy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 559-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotta Windahl
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Support Services ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
New Business ◽  
Water Companies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Business Models ◽  
New Strategies

An increasing number of companies in the capital goods industry are turning towards new strategies where the focus is to add value for customers by providing integrated solutions (combining products and services), instead of selling components, spare parts and support services. These new strategies represent moves in the value chain and create a need for new business models as well as new competencies. In this paper, the fairly new concept of integrated solutions is explored in the context of a privatised industry. The findings are based on empirical case studies carried out at two companies supplying products and services to the UK wastewater industry. In the UK, both water companies and their suppliers are influenced by economic and environmental regulations, an increased focus on cost, and outsourcing. On one hand, the two manufacturers have increased their competence with respect to system integration and operational services – competencies for supplying integrated solutions. On the other hand, a fragmented and vertically structured market with a multitude of different actors increases the distance between the water companies and the manufacturers. In addition, the division of the industry into a capital and operational side complicates the coordination between new sales and services.

The future of the Internet of Things: toward heterarchical ecosystems and service business models

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seppo Leminen ◽  
Mervi Rajahonka ◽  
Mika Westerlund ◽  
Robert Wendelin
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Purpose This study aims to understand their emergence and types of business models in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems. Design/methodology/approach The paper builds upon a systematic literature review of IoT ecosystems and business models to construct a conceptual framework on IoT business models, and uses qualitative research methods to analyze seven industry cases. Findings The study identifies four types of IoT business models: value chain efficiency, industry collaboration, horizontal market and platform. Moreover, it discusses three evolutionary paths of new business model emergence: opening up the ecosystem for industry collaboration, replicating the solution in multiple services and return to closed ecosystem as technology matures. Research limitations/implications Identifying business models in rapidly evolving fields such as the IoT based on a small number of case studies may result in biased findings compared to large-scale surveys and globally distributed samples. However, it provides more thorough interpretations. Practical implications The study provides a framework for analyzing the types and emergence of IoT business models, and forwards the concept of “value design” as an ecosystem business model. Originality/value This paper identifies four archetypical IoT business models based on a novel framework that is independent of any specific industry, and argues that IoT business models follow an evolutionary path from closed to open, and reversely to closed ecosystems, and the value created in the networks of organizations and things will be shareable value rather than exchange value.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF COLLABORATION VALUE CHAIN DESIGN AT REWARD-BASED CROWDFUNDING PLATFORMS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Octadila Laily Anggraeni ◽  
Elvia Shauki
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Design Collaboration ◽  
Funding Model ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
New Business ◽  
Financial Technology

<em>Industry 4.0 has brought many changes, in the financial sector there is financial technology. One form of financial technology is crowdfunding. Creative industries are quite high sectors that use crowdfunding as a funding model. This research includes collaboration between crowdfunding and the music industry. In the process of collaboration between the crowdfunding and the music industry, the parties need to conduct a value chain analysis and find out their competitive advantages to maximize fundraising. The consequence of collaboration between the crowdfunding and the music industry is the presence of new business models accompanied by changes in the value chain. This study aims to determine value chain design collaboration between reward-based crowdfunding and the music industry. This research is based on the value network theory, using a qualitative approach with multi-cases study design. This research was conducted by gathering information through interviews with crowdfunding and the music industry. The results show that collaboration leads to changes in value chain design. Crowdfunding has changed the pattern of production in the music industry with its involvement in funding, sales, and distribution. Other forms of crowdfunding and other creative industries require further investigation. This study aims to help practitioners understand how reward-based crowdfunding is changing the music industry.</em>

Publishing Industry

2015 ◽  
pp. 316-337
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
New Business ◽  
Publishing Business

The general aim of this chapter is to show digitalization is one of the main threats that is shaping the publishing industry value chain and company business models. The analysis of the publishing industry structure is conducted from the perspective of international features. The value chain system of printed media publishing business is explored with more in-depth analysis of its elements. The primary objective of this research is to establish practical outcomes of Internet influence on the structure and business model of publishing companies. As rapid development in the IT sector and the Internet can be considered a crucial risk factor for contemporary publishing business, it creates new business models and changes the industry structure. Publishers progressively respond to changing consumer demands, especially around digital content. Effective pricing strategies for digital content will be the major challenge for magazine publishers.

Publishing Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 1696-1717
Author(s):  
Nabyla Daidj
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
New Business ◽  
Publishing Business

The general aim of this chapter is to show digitalization is one of the main threats that is shaping the publishing industry value chain and company business models. The analysis of the publishing industry structure is conducted from the perspective of international features. The value chain system of printed media publishing business is explored with more in-depth analysis of its elements. The primary objective of this research is to establish practical outcomes of Internet influence on the structure and business model of publishing companies. As rapid development in the IT sector and the Internet can be considered a crucial risk factor for contemporary publishing business, it creates new business models and changes the industry structure. Publishers progressively respond to changing consumer demands, especially around digital content. Effective pricing strategies for digital content will be the major challenge for magazine publishers.

scholarly journals Surviving the Energy Transition: Development of a Proposal for Evaluating Sustainable Business Models for Incumbents in Germany’s Electricity Market

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Wagner ◽  
Thomas Adisorn ◽  
Lena Tholen ◽  
Dagmar Kiyar
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Market ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
New Business ◽  
Sustainable Business Models ◽  
Energy Companies

In the light of Germany’s chosen path towards the energy transition, the regulatory framework has changed considerably. New players have succeeded in entering the market, and renewable energies have become increasingly competitive. Greater electrification of the transport and heating sectors will be needed in the future to achieve national climate targets. Against this background, Germany’s big energy companies need to be sure that their sales will increase. However, they were unable to anticipate this development, and made strategic mistakes in the past. The development of sustainable business models in line with the energy transition failed to materialize. Now it is becoming increasingly clear that companies must create new business models to survive in the long term. These business models have to keep with the tradition, whilst meeting the needs of low-carbon power supplies. In this paper, we will examine the past and future challenges of the four energy companies and develop a proposal for evaluating sustainable business models. For this purpose, we use the multi-level perspective to categorize developments in the electricity market over the last 50 years, and then apply a multi-criteria analysis to derive five suitable business models from the results.

Mineral deposits of Latin America and the Caribbean. Preface

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. P250820
Author(s):  
Joaquín A. Proenza ◽  
Lisard Torró ◽  
Carl E. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Iron Oxide ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Copper Gold ◽  
The Caribbean

The region that encompasses Latin America and the Caribbean is a preferential destination for mining and mineral exploration, according to the Mineral Commodity Summaries 2020 of the US Geological Survey (https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/). The region contains important resources of copper, gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, iron, niobium, aluminum, zinc, lead, tin, lithium, chromium, and other metals. For example, Chile is the world’s largest copper producer and the second largest lithium producer. Brazil is the world’s leading niobium producer, the second largest producer of iron ore, and the third-ranked producer of tantalum. Cuba contains some of the largest reserves of nickel and cobalt in the world, associated with lateritic Ni-Co deposits. Mexico is traditionally the largest silver producer and contains the two largest mines in this commodity and, along with Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, accounts for more than half of the total amount of global silver production. The region also hosts several world-class gold mines (e.g., Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic, Paracotu in Brazil, Veladero in Argentina, and Yanacocha in Peru). Also, Bolivia and Brazil are among the world’s leading producers of tin. The region hosts a variety of deposit types, among which the most outstanding are porphyry copper and epithermal precious metal, bauxite and lateritic nickel, lateritic iron ore from banded iron-formation, iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG), sulfide skarn, volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS), Mississippi Valley type (MVT), primary and weathering-related Nb-bearing minerals associated with alkaline–carbonatite complexes, tin–antimony polymetallic veins, and ophiolitic chromite. This special issue on Mineral Deposits of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana contains nineteen papers. Contributions describe mineral deposits from Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina. This volume of papers covers four mineral systems (mafic-ultramafic orthomagmatic mineral systems, porphyry-skarn-epithermal mineral systems, iron oxide copper-gold mineral systems, and surficial mineral systems). This special issue also includes papers on industrial minerals, techniques for ore discovery (predictive modelling of mineral exploration using GIS), regional metallogeny and mining history.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF COLLABORATION VALUE CHAIN DESIGN AT REWARD-BASED CROWDFUNDING PLATFORMS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Octadila Laily Anggraeni ◽  
Elvia Shauki
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Design Collaboration ◽  
Funding Model ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
New Business ◽  
Financial Technology

<em>Industry 4.0 has brought many changes, in the financial sector there is financial technology. One form of financial technology is crowdfunding. Creative industries are quite high sectors that use crowdfunding as a funding model. This research includes collaboration between crowdfunding and the music industry. In the process of collaboration between the crowdfunding and the music industry, the parties need to conduct a value chain analysis and find out their competitive advantages to maximize fundraising. The consequence of collaboration between the crowdfunding and the music industry is the presence of new business models accompanied by changes in the value chain. This study aims to determine value chain design collaboration between reward-based crowdfunding and the music industry. This research is based on the value network theory, using a qualitative approach with multi-cases study design. This research was conducted by gathering information through interviews with crowdfunding and the music industry. The results show that collaboration leads to changes in value chain design. Crowdfunding has changed the pattern of production in the music industry with its involvement in funding, sales, and distribution. Other forms of crowdfunding and other creative industries require further investigation. This study aims to help practitioners understand how reward-based crowdfunding is changing the music industry.</em>

scholarly journals ТЕХНОЛОГІЯ БЛОКЧЕЙН ДЛЯ ВИРІШЕННЯ ПРОБЛЕМ ЦИФРОВОГО МАРКЕТИНГУ

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
Олена Сергіївна Дем’яненко ◽  
Владислав Анатолійович Дем’яненко
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
New Business ◽  
Customer Control ◽  
New Business Models

This article examines the security issues of digital marketing. Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that will continue to evolve due to mass digitization, which in turn is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to analyze the benefits of using blockchain technology in digital marketing. The subject of the study are acute and topical issues of digital marketing. The hypothesis of the study is the assumption that all blocks and ever performed transactions of network users are connected to each other using complex algorithms. Attempting to change anything in one of the blocks destroys the integrity of the chain and is rejected by the computers of other participants. Presentation of the main material. The article describes the key areas of use of blockchain technology in digital marketing, describes the new business models of digital enterprises. The relations of new business models of digital economy are determined. The most viable blockchain startups in the field of digital advertising are considered. The disadvantages and advantages of blockchain technology in marketing are identified. Originality and practical significance of the study. The study emphasizes that the relationship between businesses and consumers is being reviewed as trust, which is usually passed on through mediation, is strengthened and data becomes more secure under customer control. This level of visibility allows users to interact with companies and give them access to their information, ultimately changing the dynamics of customer relationships. Conclusions and prospects for further research. Note that the choice of blockchain technology will allow companies to shift the importance of marketing activities to move towards creating a digital product and forming a new value chain for the consumer.

scholarly journals Business Models and Internet of Things

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1192-1203
Author(s):  
Dragos Tohanean ◽  
Anca Vasilescu
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
New Business Models

Abstract Information technology has massively transformed the world of business over the past fifty years - first individual functional areas within companies (“first wave”), later increasingly also cross-divisional value-added processes and trade (“second wave”). Those companies that recognized the tremendous economic potential of these upheavals and consistently adapted, profited enormously - many others, however, fell dramatically. At the same time, innovative startups emerged that successfully created and occupied new markets. With the Internet of Things (IoT), the third digital wave is currently rolling up. Their impact will be enormous - both for our everyday lives and for many industries that have so far been largely spared the disruptive power of digital transformation. Accordingly, the challenges facing most companies today are: understanding more complex competition, acquiring new digital technologies, making existing offerings smart, developing new services, networking production, efficiently analyzing vast amounts of data, and building viable organizations to push all this forward. The IoT is a driver for digitization. By analyzing machine data, the use of sensors and the intelligent real-time processing of huge amounts of data in the cloud, new business models are created. With the information gained, companies are able to improve their value chain. However, one of the most difficult issues in this context for many companies is how they can further develop their existing business model or establish successful new business models that will be based on new technologies and IoT. To investigate resulting impacts, we draw on the existing business models and deduct specifics for the Internet of Things. Building on this, in order to reach the aims of the paper the authors will use a descriptive research method and a case study in order to present how new business models work with the IoT.

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