@article{Markides.2004,
title = {Competing with dual business models: A contingency approach},
author = {Constantinos Markides and Constantinos D. Charitou},
journal = {Academy of Management Executive},
number = {3},
pages = {22-36},
volume = {18},
year = {2004},
abstract = {How can a company adopt two different business models in the same market? This
question has become particularly pressing for an increasing number of established
companies that have recently come under attack from “strategic innovators”—companies
that attack the established players by using radically different business models. The
success of these attackers in gaining market share has created a big dilemma for
established companies. On the one hand, by embracing the new business models that the
innovators have introduced in their markets, established companies can potentially take
advantage of a great growth opportunity. On the other hand, because the new business
models often conflict with the established ones, companies that try to compete by
adopting both of them risk mismanaging both and destroying value.
How, then, can established companies embrace the new business models without
diluting and destroying their existing models? Our research explores this question and
offers a contingency solution to this problem. We show that the challenge for companies
is to balance the benefits of keeping the two business models separate while at the same
time integrating them enough so as to allow them to exploit synergies with one another.
We describe four possible strategies that companies can use to achieve such a balance
and identify what separates success from failure for each strategy.},
keywords = {diss }
}