The Co-Evolution of Business Model Design and Technology Innovation Strategy in the Process of Technological Catch-up—A Case Study of Alibaba

Yao Mingming, Wu Dong, Wu Xiaobo, Fan Yilin

Science Research Management ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5) : 48-55.

Science Research Management ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5) : 48-55.

The Co-Evolution of Business Model Design and Technology Innovation Strategy in the Process of Technological Catch-up—A Case Study of Alibaba

  • Yao Mingming1,2, Wu Dong2, Wu Xiaobo2, Fan Yilin3
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The rapid development of Internet information technology provides a new situation for the technological catch-up of latcomer firms. Chinaese latercomer firms performance outstanding in technological catch-up. Some of them have being in the process of from catch-up to surpassing. Analysing Chinese largest Internet company Alibaba as a longitudinal case, this research explores the co-evolution mechanism of business model design and technology innovation and establishes a co-evolution framework of environment, business model design, technology innovation strategy and technology catch-up with composite perspective. It has three main conclusions: (1) The dynamic fit and the co-evolution of business model design and technology innovation strategy is the important mode of latcomer firms’ echnological catch-up. (2) The process of co-evolution has good interaction with the environment, which is better for technological catch-up; (3) The effect of technological catch-up effects the design of organization configuration and the choice of strategy. These conclusions will enrich the research of technological catch-up from the perspective of theory and practice.

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business model design / technology innovation strategy / technological catch-up / latecomer firms / Alibaba

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Yao Mingming, Wu Dong, Wu Xiaobo, Fan Yilin. The Co-Evolution of Business Model Design and Technology Innovation Strategy in the Process of Technological Catch-up—A Case Study of Alibaba[J]. Science Research Management. 2017, 38(5): 48-55

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