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An Appraisal of Internet Business Models as a Research Paradigm

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Innovation in the High-Tech Economy

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This paper attempts to provide a multidimensional view of the existing research in the area of Business Model for Internet companies (E Business Models). The paper highlights the emerging themes prevalent among researchers in the area of E Business Model research. The paper proposes a grouping framework to promote structure to the reviewed literature. The review presents that research in the domain of E Business Model exists in silos. There are gaps across the research themes that can be a subject of detailed investigation. There is a strong need to synergize the findings across different research themes. The paper presents the need for a holistic and a synthesis based approach in the knowledge assimilation mechanism.

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  1. Rouen Business School, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

    Ruchi Sharma

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  1. Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, People's Republic of China

    Pang Chuan

  2. CeBA Canada, Vanier, Ontario, Canada

    Vasil Khachidze

  3. Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, People's Republic of China

    Ivan K.W. Lai

  4. Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, People's Republic of China

    Yide Liu

  5. CeBA Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Sohail Siddiqui

  6. CeBA Canada, Kanata, Ontario, Canada

    Tim Wang

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Sharma, R. (2013). An Appraisal of Internet Business Models as a Research Paradigm. In: Chuan, P., Khachidze, V., Lai, I., Liu, Y., Siddiqui, S., Wang, T. (eds) Innovation in the High-Tech Economy. Contributions to Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41585-2_4

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