business model innovation design we're on a road to nowhere // on a quest to analyze and explore the design of business model innovations, i.e. 'hideous and hidden things' like organizational structures and capabilities, corporate strategies and all things related // on a yellow brick road with a girl, a lion and a straw-man wasting our time // …

Interesting stuff on business model innovation opportunities springing from Web 2.0 developments, claiming also that a business ecosystem is an accurate model for understanding this innovation.

The command-economy development programs of individual software vendors, however extensive and well-funded they may be, cannot possibly prevail against the sheer innovative diversity and economic efficiency of the Web 2.0 ecosystem.

I am sure that intermediaries like marketplaces or third-party brokers will offer services to hide the inherent complexities of the (Web2.0) applications to their customers, i.e. bundling services and branding them …

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