When Internet Companies Morph: Understanding Organizational Strategy Changes in the 'New' New Economy

Kauffman, Robert J.; Miller, Tim; Wang, Bin

doi:10.5210/fm.v7i7.972

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“…We were unable to obtain scale size data, which do not yet exist for Internet firms. Another consideration is business model quality [27]. The e-grocer, Webvan, used an unsuccessful business model, which spotlighted its leaders' apparent poor business vision and faulty management practices.…”

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“…After the stock market downturn in Spring 2000, many businesses reduced their advertising expenditures. As a result, Internet firms that used to provide their content for free and to rely on advertising as revenues had to switch to subscription-based business models [27]. When consumers became unwilling to pay for previously free services, these Internet firms experienced pressure.…”

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Tuning into the digital channel: evaluating business model characteristics for Internet firm survival

Kauffman

Wang²

2008

Inf Technol Manage

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More than 5,000 Internet firms have failed since the beginning of 2000. One common perception is that the downturn in the economy drove many firms out of business. But then, why have some firms survived? In this research, we provide an empirical analysis by examining how the business model characteristics of an Internet firm affect its survival. We analyze a panel data set of 130 public Internet firms using two different techniques: non-parametric survival analysis, and the semiparametric Cox proportional hazards model. We characterize the survival rates throughout the lifetimes of the public Internet firms in our sample. Our results reveal that smaller firms that facilitate customer-provider interactions, are transaction brokers, and that rely on advertising as their primary source of revenue sources have had a lower likelihood of bankruptcy or failure. In addition, the detrimental effects on failing to serve as interaction platforms for individuals and businesses, and a larger firm size diminish over time as Internet firms mature, and the weaker ones are forced out of the marketplace. Our research also points out important dimensions of an Internet firm's business model that affect its survival.

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Tuning into the digital channel: evaluating business model characteristics for Internet firm survival

Kauffman

Wang²

2008

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“…Over the period of a decade the pricing challenges of Britannica show that in the commercial world pricing models are driven by business planning that is affected by both predictable and unpredictable events, forcing companies to undergo "strategic morphing" (Kauffman et al, 2002). With PSI the policies for charging are often set on the basis of economic models driven by ideology, and can similarly be dramatically perturbed by a change of policy.…”

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Access to Public-Sector Information in Europe: Policy, Rights, and Obligations

Blakemore

Craglia

2006

The Information Society

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The article reviews the debates and policies on access to publicsector information (PSI) in Europe in relation to the contests between policies of open access, rights of access to PSI by citizens and business, and the assessment of the cost benefits of PSI to the economy and society. The political dimension of these debates within the European Union is highlighted to demonstrate the complexities of the governance of information within a pan-European regulatory framework.This article focuses on the debates surrounding access to public-sector information (PSI) in the European Union (EU; currently 25 Member States), in particular as they relate to EU policies articulated by the European Commission (EC). We review the contest that exists between the "rights" of citizens to consume PSI, the "obligations" of PSI producers to "liberate" information, and the turbulences of globalized information spaces that complicate the task of matching these rights and obligations through the manifold distributional channels that exist today.There is a range of explanatory perspectives that could be adopted for this analysis. We could consider organizational theory, whereby the PSI owners (usually government agencies) remain obdurately structuralist organiza-

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“…To cope with fierce market competition and the highly volatile economy, Internet companies are forced to take different strategies and employ some changes. These include changes in product and service offerings, changes in customers, adjusting pricing model, establishing offline presence, readjustment to conserve cash, diversify their customer bases, and more effectively focus on higher-return market niches [7].…”

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Internet Economy

2017

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When Internet Companies Morph: Understanding Organizational Strategy Changes in the 'New' New Economy

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Tuning into the digital channel: evaluating business model characteristics for Internet firm survival

Tuning into the digital channel: evaluating business model characteristics for Internet firm survival

Access to Public-Sector Information in Europe: Policy, Rights, and Obligations

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