Temporary business model innovation – SMEs’ innovation response to the Covid-19 crisis
发表日期：2021年8月26日
作者： Thomas Clauss1, 2, Matthias Breier3, Sascha Kraus4, Susanne Durst5, Raj V. Mahto6
单位： 1 Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
2 Department of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
3 Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
4 Faculty of Economics & Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
5 Department of Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
6 Anderson School of Management, The University of New Mexico, USA
期刊： R&D Management Volume 52, Issue2, Pages 294-312
摘要： The Covid-19 crisis has hit SMEs particularly hard. Numerous business models (BM) have been limited or rendered downright impossible due to decreased social contact. SMEs can respond to this exogenous crisis via temporary business model innovation (BMI). This empirical study investigates these temporary BMs using a multiple case study approach based on five SMEs in Austria, Germany, and Liechtenstein who within a short period of time applied their core competencies and networks to integrate new BMs, which were in some cases very different from existing ones. These had a positive effect on strategic flexibility, and if desired can also be incorporated into the firm long-term. The paper contributes to SME crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic by pointing out and developing a successful management mechanism that allows to survive a crisis or even improve during this time. Moreover, we contribute to BMI literature by explaining temporary BMI as a new form of BMI. It also makes clear to managers that temporary BMs add value to firms and create new revenue streams.
DOI： https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12498
链接： https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/radm.12498
