Business models and profiting from innovation in future mobile communications
Thesis event information
Date and time of the thesis defence
Place of the thesis defence
Linnanmaa, L5
Topic of the dissertation
Business models and profiting from innovation in future mobile communications
Doctoral candidate
Doctor of Science (Technology) Seppo Yrjölä
Faculty and unit
University of Oulu Graduate School, Oulu Business School, Martti Ahtisaari Institute
Subject of study
International business
Opponent
Professor Paavo Ritala, LUT University
Second opponent
- -, -
Custos
Professor Petri Ahokangas, University of Oulu
Business models and profiting from innovation in future mobile communications
Mobile communications is the backbone for digitalization in modern society and in many ways define the way services are being developed, delivered, and consumed. The advent of digital platforms and ecosystems are creating new venues for organizing value processes and expanding the range of available business opportunities to be explored and exploited.
However, we are currently lacking a coherent approach for researching platform-based ecosystemic business model innovations as the extant discussions tend to focus either on the ecosystem features of business models or on platform business models. In addition, the co-emergence of business model innovation (BMI) and profiting from innovation (PFI) is rarely discussed in the extant literature.
The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the co-emergence of BMI and PFI in the context of emerging new technologies. The study combines ideas and insights from diverse fields of science, utilizes a qualitative research-oriented action research approach, and takes recent Finnish government-funded future mobile communications research programs as the main source of data.
The study introduces the advanced layered 5C business model typology encompassing connectivity, cloud, content, context, and commerce prototypical models and the novel ACID architecture and framework consisting of algorithms, components, interfaces, and data. Developed frameworks provide structured perspective on the key components of the platform-based ecosystemic business models and support BMI and PFI in the emerging technology environments.
Based on the developed conceptual exploratory framing for the co-emergence of BMI and PFI, appropriability potential was found to be changing from traditional mechanisms of isolating and excluding appropriability via patents, trademarks, copyrights, contracts, and tacitness towards a transactional leverage-oriented process where different appropriability mechanisms moderate collaborative actions and further an interactive open disclosure-oriented approach with the wide use of innovations and knowledge.
The research can assist in the development of research and innovation strategies, policy instruments and regulation to develop a human-centric, sustainable, and trustworthy future mobile communications era.
However, we are currently lacking a coherent approach for researching platform-based ecosystemic business model innovations as the extant discussions tend to focus either on the ecosystem features of business models or on platform business models. In addition, the co-emergence of business model innovation (BMI) and profiting from innovation (PFI) is rarely discussed in the extant literature.
The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the co-emergence of BMI and PFI in the context of emerging new technologies. The study combines ideas and insights from diverse fields of science, utilizes a qualitative research-oriented action research approach, and takes recent Finnish government-funded future mobile communications research programs as the main source of data.
The study introduces the advanced layered 5C business model typology encompassing connectivity, cloud, content, context, and commerce prototypical models and the novel ACID architecture and framework consisting of algorithms, components, interfaces, and data. Developed frameworks provide structured perspective on the key components of the platform-based ecosystemic business models and support BMI and PFI in the emerging technology environments.
Based on the developed conceptual exploratory framing for the co-emergence of BMI and PFI, appropriability potential was found to be changing from traditional mechanisms of isolating and excluding appropriability via patents, trademarks, copyrights, contracts, and tacitness towards a transactional leverage-oriented process where different appropriability mechanisms moderate collaborative actions and further an interactive open disclosure-oriented approach with the wide use of innovations and knowledge.
The research can assist in the development of research and innovation strategies, policy instruments and regulation to develop a human-centric, sustainable, and trustworthy future mobile communications era.
Last updated: 14.8.2024