scholarly journals COVID-19: Business Innovation Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11439
Author(s):  
Magdalena Gorzelany-Dziadkowiec

The goal of this paper was to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the readiness and ability to innovate in business. The paper’s objective and research questions were pursued with a traditional literature review and an original diagnostic survey using an original questionnaire with a respondent data section and close-ended questions. Responses were collected using the CAWI technique. The primary conclusion was that businesses disturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic were more able to innovate in terms of products and management than those that remained unaffected. Regarding theoretical implications, the author proposed a business model for enterprises operating in the COVID-19 environment. The implications of the model are the practical results of the research.

Author(s):  
Michael Lang

The goal of this paper is to evaluate the current academic approaches in the field of business model innovation. By conducting a systematic literature review, 31 academic approaches are identified and compared using the dimensions of business model and process model. In addition, the research concentrates on organizational mindset and to what extend it is considered in current approaches. Among other findings, the research proves that all analyzed studies vary in terms of focus, level of detail and content in the perspectives of business and process model. In particular, organizational mindset is mentioned in four out of the 31 studies as an important success factor of business model innovation, whereas only one approach is dealing with organizational mindset in its process model. This indicates that overcoming the organizational mindset as a main barrier in business model innovation is not systematically integrated in any of the selected studies. In summary, the findings of this paper highlight that the current research in the field of business model innovation is not sufficient and further research has to follow. Thus, three research gaps are identified. First, the lack of level of detail concerning business and process model. Secondly, the lack of business innovation approaches for specific industries. Finally, the lack of systematic integration of organizational mindset in business model innovation approaches.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Sahebalzamani ◽  
Giovanna Bertella

This study explores the business model literature within nature tourism, focuses on its sustainability-related aspects, and adopts some of the results of the literature review by Reinhold et al. The research questions concern how scholars use and operationalize the business model concept in the context of nature tourism, and to what extent sustainability-related aspects are included and discussed. A literature review was conducted including a total of 18 scientific articles from various disciplines. The findings suggest that scientific literature about business models in nature tourism is very limited, both in relation to the number of articles and their content. With regard to the latter, the business model concept is sometimes adopted without any clear definition, sustainability-related aspects—especially those relative to the environmental dimension—are scarcely discussed, the perspective adopted is usually static, and innovation for sustainability is only marginally included. This indicates a clear gap in the literature and a considerable potential for future studies.


Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Costas S. Constantinou ◽  
Andrew Timothy Ng ◽  
Chase Beverley Becker ◽  
Parmida Enayati Zadeh ◽  
Alexia Papageorgiou

This paper presents the results of a narrative literature review on the use of interpreters in medical education. A careful search strategy was based on keywords and inclusion and exclusion criteria, and used the databases PubMed, Medline Ovid, Google Scholar, Scopus, CINAHL, and EBSCO. The search strategy resulted in 20 articles, which reflected the research aim and were reviewed on the basis of an interpretive approach. They were then critically appraised in accordance with the “critical assessment skills programme” guidelines. Results showed that the use of interpreters in medical education as part of the curriculum is scarce, but students have been trained in how to work with interpreters when interviewing patients to fully develop their skills. The study highlights the importance of integrating the use of interpreters in medical curricula, proposes a framework for achieving this, and suggests pertinent research questions for enriching cultural competence.


Author(s):  
Shrutika Mishra ◽  
A. R. Tripathi

Abstract In today’s world, many digitally enabled start-ups are budding all over the globe because of the fast enhancement in digital technologies. For the establishment of new business, it is necessary to adopt a proper business model which needs to define the way in which the company will provide values and the ways in which the customers can pay for their services. This paper aims to study the various business models being used in today’s marketplace and to provide a better understanding for these business models by having an insight on the attributes.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Qiang Zha

Abstract This paper examines several research questions relating to equality and equity in Chinese higher education via an extended literature review, which in turn sheds light on evolving scholarly explorations into this theme. First, in the post-massification era, has the Chinese situation of equality and equity in higher education improved or deteriorated since the late 1990s? Second, what are the core issues with respect to equality and equity in Chinese higher education? Third, how have those core issues evolved or changed over time and what does the evolution indicate and entail? Methodologically, this paper uses a bibliometric analysis to detect the topical hotspots in scholarly literature and their changes over time. The study then investigates each of those topical terrains against their temporal contexts in order to gain insights into the core issues.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3583
Author(s):  
Bogdan Wit ◽  
Piotr Dresler ◽  
Anna Surma-Syta

Socially expected innovations are innovations considering sustainable development. The subject of the paper focuses on the business model of a start-up providing energy saving services to local government units using smart technologies of Industry 4.0 in the aspect of low touch economy. A methodical critical literature review including quantitative and qualitative assessment, stakeholder analysis and business modeling techniques using Business Model Canvas and Triple Layer Business Model Canvas (TLBMC) was conducted. In addition, an in-depth analysis of a start-up case study was conducted. The research questions are related to the interpretation of the organization’s business data and methods of interpreting Sustainability 3.0 business solutions. The research questions were directed to the challenges regarding the creation of the organization’s sustainable business model architecture and the Business Sustainability 3.0 sustainable business imaging concept. The research objective is to design a sustainable business model of a start-up providing energy-efficient services to local government units, whose value proposition refers to an extended sustainable value that meets the economic, social and environmental needs of society. The integration of sustainability in the sustainable business model of the start-up allowed to achieve the research objective of designing a sustainable value proposition that meets the economic, social and environmental needs of society.


2021 ◽  
pp. 205789112110405
Author(s):  
Ikhsan Darmawan

Although the number of countries that have adopted e-voting has decreased lately, the number of academic publications on e-voting adoption has increased in the last two years. To date, there is no coherent narrative in the existing literature that explains the progress of the research on e-voting adoption. This article aims to answer the following research question: “How has research on the topic of e-voting adoption progressed over the last 15 years?” The article provides a semi-systematic review of 78 studies that were conducted from 2005 to 2020. In this article, I argue that although the studies on e-voting adoption are dominated by a single case study, by research in the United States, and by the positivist paradigm, scholars have employed the term “e-voting adoption” diversely and the research on e-voting adoption has evolved to address more specific research questions. Recommendations for the future agenda of research on e-voting adoption are also discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Weking ◽  
Andreas Hein ◽  
Markus Böhm ◽  
Helmut Krcmar

Abstract Although business model innovation (BMI) is essential to remaining competitive, many firms fail at it. A promising approach is building on reoccurring successful solutions – business model patterns (BMP) – as a blueprint for BMI. However, existing patterns face constraints subject to a high diversity and overlaps among patterns. In addition, literature do not consider relations among BMPs, which limits their potential for BMI. This paper develops a hierarchical taxonomy of BMPs including generalizations and specializations based on inheritance. We conduct a literature review to identify patterns and a cluster analysis to create an inductive structure, followed by a qualitative analysis. The resulting hierarchical taxonomy includes 194 elements. It is the first hierarchical taxonomy of BMPs. The hierarchy addresses the diversity of patterns and overlaps with inheritance. It aids research to structure and understand BMPs. For practice, the taxonomy allows for the application of patterns and supports BMI.


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