Case Studies on Business Models - Vol.1

Edited by : R. Muthukumar
ISBN : 81-314-0692-X
Price: $25  ( INR)
280 pages( Hardcover edition )

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Almost everyone has heard and talked about the term 'Business Model' but how many do really understand what it is? The term a standard phrase in the glossary of business managers can be found in most books, articles, company's newsletters and annual reports. In order to assess a potential business model, we must uncover the nature of its 'profit engine', for which a few questions need to be answered like:

1. How likely is the business to turn cash flow positive?
2. How much time is required to ramp-up the revenue?
3. How much investment is required to pursue the business model?
4. What are the critical success factors? etc.

This book helps to analyse and answer the above said questions to understand the term 'business model'. It also entails the primary elements and defining characteristics of a company's business model through illustrative case studies.

AOL’s Ad Revenues: A New Business Model
Best Buy and Circuit City's Revenue Models: The Threat from Wal-Mart?
Big Media’s “On-Demand” Entertainment: What’s the Business Model?
Cartridge World, The Australian Cartridge Refilling Company's Business Model: Can it Sustain?
Coke’s Relationship with Bottlers: To “Revive and Sustain”
Credit Cards and Business Growth
De Beers vs. Lev Leviev: The“Decartelisation” of the Diamond Industry?
Dell's Service Business: Duplicating the Low-Cost PC Model
France Telecom's 'Orange': Renaissance of a Brand and Rebranding Strategies
Growth of Wikipedia: The Free Online Encyclopaedia
High Sales with Low Margins: Notebook PC Makers' New Success Formula?
Media Specialists: Transforming Global Ad Industry’s Business Model
Microsoft Vs. Windows
Microsoft’s “Digital Vision”: Looking Beyond PC?
Nanotechnology: New Vistas for US
Philips Electronics NV: Weighing the Strategic Options for Semiconductor Division
Public Private Partnership in Rajasthan's Health Sector: Outsourcing Diagnostic Services

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