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Digital Business Models in Industrial Ecosystems

Lessons Learned from Industry 4.0 Across Europe

  • Explains digital business models affecting entire supply chains and ecosystems
  • Addresses specific challenges of cross-company collaboration with regard to digital business models
  • Shares insights into research on supply chains and ecosystems in Europe

Part of the book series: Future of Business and Finance (FBF)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Digital Supply Chain Management and Business Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Digital Transformation of Logistics and SCM: The Long Way from Digitization to Digital Business Models

      • Birgit von See, Beverly Grafe, Sebastian Lodemann, Wolfgang Kersten
      Pages 3-21
  3. Digital Business Models in Manufacturing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Digitalization as an Enabler of Subscription Business Models in the Manufacturing Industry

      • Günther Schuh, Jana Frank, Lennard Holst, Daniela Müller, Tobias Leiting, Lukas Bruhns
      Pages 49-70
    3. Digital Business Models for Industrial Suppliers—The Case of Schaeffler OPTIME

      • Philipp Jussen, Martin Meinel, Tim Hosenfeldt
      Pages 71-85
  4. Digital Industrial Platforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
    2. German B2B Platforms’ Contribution Towards a Resilient Economy

      • Dieter Kempf, Steven Heckler
      Pages 89-103
    3. Industry 4.0 Digital Platforms: Collaborative Business Models for SMEs

      • Nikolai Kazantsev, Ingo Martens
      Pages 125-134
  5. Industrial Data-Driven Business Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. Industrial Data-Driven Business Models: Towards a Goods-Service-Data Continuum

      • Kai-Ingo Voigt, Fabian Brechtel, Marie-Christin Schmidt, Johannes Veile
      Pages 137-153
    3. Realizing New Data-Driven Business Models by Launching Containers into the Cloud

      • Mathias Zink, Victor Naumann, Andreas Harth, Alexander Pflaum
      Pages 155-170
  6. AI and Blockchain in Production and Supply Chain Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
    2. Blockchain for Supply Chain Traceability: Case Examples for Luxury Goods

      • Christoph G. Schmidt, Maximilian Klöckner, Stephan M. Wagner
      Pages 187-197
  7. Lessons Learned from European Ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

About this book

In recent years, digital business models have frequently been the subject of academic and practical discourse. The increasing interconnectivity across the entire supply chain, which is subsumed under the term Industry 4.0, can unlock even farther-reaching potentials for digital business models, affecting entire supply chains and ecosystems. 

This book examines the specific challenges and obstacles that supply chain and ecosystem management poses with regard to the development of digital business models. The top-quality contributions gathered here focus on the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 in digital business models for industrial organizations in a European context, making the book a valuable asset for researchers and practitioners alike.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chair of Industrial Management, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany

    Kai-Ingo Voigt

  • University of Applied Sciences Kufstein, Kufstein, Austria

    Julian M. Müller

About the editors

Kai-Ingo Voigt is Full Professor for Industrial Management at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. His research areas are Digital Transformation of Industry and Technology and Innovation Management.

Julian M. Müller is Professor at Kufstein University of Applied Sciences, Austria. His research areas include Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation, Technology and Innovation Management, and Supply Chain Management.


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eBook USD 89.00
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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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