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Framework of Product-Driven Business Model Transformation Based on the Theory of Qualitative Structure

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In this chapter conceptual evolutionary framework on constraints to agricultural production strategies as the incentives to servitization of farming are presented. The framework of product-driven business model transformation is based on the theory of qualitative structure and offers an original approach that integrates production-oriented and service-oriented business models, explaining schematically their interrelationships.

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Vidickienė, D. (2024). Framework of Product-Driven Business Model Transformation Based on the Theory of Qualitative Structure. In: Rural Transformation through Servitization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47186-5_6

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