You have an idea you’re excited about, maybe even early users or interest, and then someone asks a deceptively simple question: “What does the model look like?” Suddenly, you’re staring at a blank ...

Learn about corporate social responsibility (CSR), a business model that helps a company be socially accountable to itself, its stakeholders, and the public.

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Startups usually run at a deficit while designing and building the product. But companies are designed to make money, and over time, as unit economics and customer acquisition costs improve, you’ll ...

The consumer-to-consumer (C2C) business model is an e-commerce framework where consumers trade with each other directly, often mediated by a third-party platform or website. In this model, one ...

While there are many forms of innovation that a company can develop - such as product, process, network and customer experience innovation – business model innovation is one of the most powerful ...

Drawing on more than a decade of our experience researching sustainable and circular business model innovation and more than 200 interviews with managers of corporations leading on sustainability, we ...

Companies need to set up a specific culture whereby people are free to think differently, experiment and accept that failure is part of the creative process. To back these three pillars, we’ve ...

Disruptive innovation isn’t just about simplifying technology — it also requires a new business model. The theory of disruptive innovation, first introduced in a 1995 HBR article, endures as a way to ...

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Franchises with initial investment costs under $100,000 continue to grow, according to the International Franchise Association, with mobile and home-based businesses among the most popular models. But ...

The subscription business model is a revenue and business model whereby customers pay a recurring price at regular intervals to access a product or service. This model contrasts traditional ...