Title: Case studies in business model innovation: a systematic literature network analysis

Authors: Christoph Buck; David Michael Eder; Jonas Brügmann

Addresses: Project Group Business and Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT, Wittelsbacherring 10, 95444 Bayreuth, Germany; School of Business and Economics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Am Plan 1, 35037 Marburg, Germany ' Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95448 Bayreuth, Germany ' FIM Research Center, University of Bayreuth, Wittelsbacherring 10, 95444, Bayreuth, Germany

Abstract: Companies in every industry and of every size are increasingly confronted with the potential for change that digitisation offers. Although scientific research has started to examine the effects of digitisation on business models by conducting case study research, this relevant field faces numerous challenges. This paper aims to answer the question of how the landscape of case study research in IS and management research is structured on the intersection of digitisation and business model innovation. Therefore, we conduct a citation network analysis of case studies. We identify both the central theoretical findings on business model innovation and the fundamental works on the case study research method. Our results reveal four relevant literature clusters. In this way, we enable future research to place its contribution both theoretically in the existing research landscape and to ensure a high methodological quality of the research.

Keywords: digital innovation; literature network analysis; business model innovation; digitisation; business model change; digital transformation; structured literature review; case study research; servitisation; digital business strategy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBE.2021.118538

International Journal of Business Environment, 2021 Vol.12 No.4, pp.301 - 320

Received: 24 Jul 2020
Accepted: 22 Dec 2020
Published online: 28 Oct 2021 *

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