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Secondary Business Model Innovation in Emerging Economies

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  • Mehrotra, Sonia
  • Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna

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We study two quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains based on regional ethnic foods that were launched in China and India. The products that these QSR ventures offered had hitherto been sold by fragmented street vendors who typically operated single outlets. Inspired by the successful business models of international QSR brands, these entrepreneurs developed business models to popularize their chosen regional ethnic foods in multiple new regions and grew their organizations to 1,400 and 300 outlets in China and India, respectively. We build on the recently coined concept of ‘secondary’ business model innovation (SBMI), which is based on inter-organizational learning, break down its constituents into creative and imitative, specify the mechanisms through which it is achieved, and propose that it is a specific case of the more general construct of creative imitation. 我们研究了两家在中国和印度推出地区民族食品的快餐连锁餐厅(QSR)。迄今为止,这些QSR合资企业提供的产品都是由分散街头摊贩销售的,而这些摊贩通常经营一个销售点。在国际快餐品牌成功商业模式的启发下,这些企业家发展了商业模式,将他们选择的地区民族食品推广到多个新的地区,在中国和印度分别发展到1400家和300家分店。我们基于最近提出的“二次”商业模式创新(SBMI)的概念,根据组织间学习,将这种商业模式分解为创造性和模仿性,详细说明了是通过何种机制实现的,并提出这是创造性模仿更普遍构建的一个具体案例。 Мы изучаем две сети ресторанов быстрого обслуживания (QSR), которые предлагают региональные этнические продукты питания в Китае и Индии. Продукты питания, которые предлагают эти рестораны быстрого обслуживания, до сих пор продавали разные уличные торговцы, которые обычно управляли отдельными торговыми точками. Вдохновленные успешными бизнес-моделями международных брендов ресторанов быстрого обслуживания (QSR), предприниматели разработали модели ведения бизнеса для популяризации конкретных региональных этнических продуктов во многих новых регионах и расширили свои организации до 1400 и 300 торговых точек в Китае и Индии соответственно. Мы опираемся на недавно созданную концепцию инноваций «вторичных» бизнес-моделей (SBMI), которая основана на межорганизационном обучении, разделяем на творческие и имитационные составляющие, определяем механизмы, которые этому способствуют, а также предполагаем, что это частный случай более общего понятия творческого подражания. Estudiamos dos cadenas de restaurantes de servicio rápido (QSR por sus iniciales en inglés) basadas en comidas étnicas regionales que fueron lanzados en China e India. Los productos que ofrecían estos restaurantes de servicio rápido hasta la fecha habían sido vendidos por vendedores ambulantes fragmentados quienes típicamente operaban puntos de venta individuales. Inspirado por los modelos de negocios exitosos de las marcas de restaurantes de servicio rápido internacionales, estos emprendedores desarrollaron modelos de negocio para popularizar sus comidas étnicas elegidas en múltiples regiones nuevas y crecieron sus organizaciones de 1.400 y 300 puntos de venta en China e India respectivamente. Nos basamos en el concepto recientemente acuñado de modelo de negocio “secundario”, que se basa en el aprendizaje inter-organizacional, desglosamos sus componentes en creativos e imitativos, especificamos los mecanismos mediante los cuales esto se consigue, y proponemos que este es un caso específico de la imitación creativa.

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  • Mehrotra, Sonia & Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna, 2021. "Secondary Business Model Innovation in Emerging Economies," Management and Organization Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 344-373, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:maorev:v:17:y:2021:i:2:p:344-373_7
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