AN EMPIRICAL STUDY TO REVIEW BUSINESS MODEL THEORY IN THE DANISH RAILWAY SECTOR

Description

PURPOSE:!
The! purpose! is! to! explore! the! basic! assumptions! for! innovating! the!
Danish! railway! operator¿s! historic! business!model!in! an! unprecedented!
institutional!crisis.!!
METHOD:!
A! management! survey! collects! 22,729! responses! from! 368! managers!
(80%!of!the!managers!in!the!Danish!railways!with!average!seniority!of!15!
years)! to! explore! these! basic! assumptions! to! specify! the! areas! of!
leadership! that! have! a! significant! impact! on! facilitating! innovation! of!
business!models!in!times!of!crisis.!
RESULTS:!
Successful!leadership!in!a!crisis!depends!on! the!articulation!of! the!basic!
assumptions!and!challenges!for!the!development!of!the!current!business!
model.! It! is! not! enough! to! make! goals! for! the! future,! as! the! related!
challenges! should! also! be! articulated.! A! core! task! for! strengthening! the!
development! in! the! railway! sector! is! to! prioritize! new! infrastructure!
projects! to! innovate! the! existing! railway! operations! gradually,! rather!
than!starting!new!business!ventures.!
ORIGINALITY/VALUE:!
Management!studies!in! times!of!crisis!are!rare.!Furthermore,! the!causes!
of!the!institutional!crisis!in!the!Danish!railway!sector!have!until!now!not!
been! studied! from! a! management! perspective! based! on! the! managers¿!
understanding! of! the! factors! affecting! the! innovation! management! of! a!
business! model! in! crisis.! The! doctoral! thesis! identifies! some! emerging!
areas! of! cognitive! leadership! that! have! not! yet! received! sufficient!
attention! in! the! literature! on! business! models,! but! nonetheless! the!
company!managers!believe! that! the!areas!of!cognitive!leadership!have!a!
significant! impact! on! the! survival! of! the! organization! and! its! future!
success.! / Roldsgaard, KV. (2014). AN EMPIRICAL STUDY TO REVIEW BUSINESS MODEL THEORY IN THE DANISH RAILWAY SECTOR [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/38615

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/38615
2. info:doi:10.4995/Thesis/10251/38615

Tags

Railways sector

Crisis

Cognitive Leadership

Opportunities and Barriers

Business Model Innovation

ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:upv.es/oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/38615
Date	07 July 2014
Creators	Roldsgaard, Kasper Vilstrup
Contributors	Miguel Molina, Mª del Rosario de, Thrane, Sof, Universitat Politècnica de València. Facultad de Administración y Dirección de Empresas - Facultat d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses
Publisher	Universitat Politècnica de València
Source Sets	Universitat Politècnica de València
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Source	Riunet
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess