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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Dimensions of innovation radar. Source (Vikas, 2012a, Täuscher, 2016, 2017, 2018, Ghezzi et al., 2018, Van Dijck et al., 2018)

From: Literature review on business prototypes for digital platform

Dimension

Description

Examples

Offerings

Product or services that is developed and offered.

Gillette, Apple Ipod

Platform

Use common components or building blocks.

General Motors, Disney

Solutions

Create integrated and customized offerings to solve customer issues.

UPS logistics

Customers

Find unmet customers’ needs and new customer segments.

Green Mountain Energy

Customer experience

Make the customer interaction entirely new at all touch points.

Washington Mutual Occasio retail banking concept

Value capture

Reinnovate the way company earns revenues.

Google paid search

Processes

Redesign the core operations taking place in the company to make it more efficient.

General Electric Design for Six Sigma

Organisation

Organise the firm in a new form and function.

Cisco partner-centric networked virtual organization

Supply chain

Numerous methods are available for delivering the products/services, a unique one should be thought of.

General Motors Celta use of integrated supply and online sales

Presence

Create new and different ways in which offerings and promotions can be used by cutomers.

Starbucks music CD sales in coffee stores

Networking

Use new networking methodologies to intergrate offerings.

Otis Remote Elevator Monitoring service

Brand

Use a brand as a leverage into new domains.

Yahoo! as a lifestyle brand.