STL and Emerging eBook Business Models

Emerging business models

Information technology (IT) continues to be increasingly important as a critical area of business competency. In the US, estimated expenditures for IT are pegged at about 8% of revenue. This reflects the fact that IT expenditures continue their recent increased penetration of business activities. It is also the basis for the latest shift in the balance of competencies for enterprise leadership....

Emerging Collective Intelligence Business Models

This paper essays an approach to the emergence of new business models based in collective intelligence through the inclusion of crowdsourcing in business processes. To contextualize this phenomenon, we present a brief sate of art, highlighting some key terms fundamental to understand collective intelligence and its impact in the business environment and on how organizations are changing the way...

Business Models in Emerging Online Services

Due to advances in technology and the rapid growth of online services, a significant number of new and inventive web-based service models and delivery methods have been introduced. Although online resources and services are having an impact on more traditional service delivery mechanisms, it is not yet clear how these emerging mechanisms for online service delivery will result in profitable bus...

Emerging business models: Usage-driven acquisition

Gale was founded in 1954 as a publishing company. Our flagship publication, the Encyclopedia of Associations, began a tradition of excellence in reference that has continued for more than sixty years. Gale’s focus on innovation and quality has led to expanded and increasingly/digital products, including online research databases, digital archives, virtual education courses, and, of course, Libr...

Emerging business models for open source hardware