Business Model Attributes of Value Proposed Regarding the Postindustrial Era

The business model is a managerial tool to understand the logic of a company. Business model tells how a company creates values for customers, what are these values, and identifies how it is compensated for values provided. Business model consist of several blocks. These blocks are built by elements. In this paper the elements of a block of proposed value are observed and studied to clarify the relationship between them. The research was conducted on 231 Slovak companies in 2013/2014 using a questionnaire survey. After gathering, the data were analyzed using both MS Excel and PSPP. These data were tested for correlations, a regression model was made and the hypotheses were tested for their significance. The value of this paper is to help not existing and emerging companies to create their business model, to existing companies to understand their model and to innovate it, and for scientists to understand deeper the relations of business model components of proposed value

Využívanie informačných technológií v postindustriálnom podnikateľskom prostredí

Utilization of information technologies in postindustrial business environment is an actual topic covering the potential benefit this technology could bring to business. This paper contains the partial results from dissertation Business Strategies in Deindustrialized Era. Postindustrial era is defined with information technologies and entrepreneurship in service industry. Therefor IT have a strong influence on business in this era. Utilization of IT allows integrating and interconnecting business activities what increase the effectiveness of entrepreneurship. The aim of this paper is to describe the utilization of information technologies in postindustrial business environment and to identify the relation between IT, business environment and factors of influence on business. First part is dedicated to the present state of theory. In the next one the methods are described. Following parts contain the research and the discussion of results

Podnikateľské stratégie v deindustrializovanej ére podnikania

The aim of the dissertation is to identify the factors of influence on the strategy in relation to characteristics of a company, business environment, level of informatization, and business strategy typical for deindustrialized era, that result in creation of strategic recommendations. The dissertation is divided into 5 chapters. It contains 53 tables, 2 charts, 15 figures, 4 formulas and 2 reference materials. The first chapter is dedicated to theoretical fundament of the dissertation. It deals with the relation of information technologies and business strategies. In the second chapter the main aim and partial aims are stated. Third chapter is devoted to research methodology. Fourth chapter is dedicated to the research, its relevance and research results in the field of company, business environment, information technologies and strategy. In the fifth chapter the results are discussed. Relation indicators and correlation coefficient are used to evaluate synthetic indicators The result of the dissertation is the determination of business strategies, selection strategies of sources of competitive advantage, sources of competitive advantage for companies operating in deindustrialized era. Other results are determination of relations between information technologies and success, between information technologies and object of competition. The result is also identification of utilization of hybrid strategies and conditions for utilization of business experiments

Kontroverzia internetovej stratégie

There are two basic views of the internet strategy. The traditional one says that the internet is just a new technology a powerful tool but nothing else. There is no reason to rethink the rules of entrepreneurship and strategy. As the technology is new the optimal approaches did not already settle down so it is not clear yet what is the proper one. The other view sees the internet as begin of new era. The need of new rules emerges because the old are not sufficient enough to lead the company to success. The reason is turbulent environment with plenty of data to analyze and opportunities to use. This paper is offering some ideas and views of how to handle this situation. The idea is to combine both approaches until the proper theory is created. The solution is to manoeuvre between both approaches and to incline to the one that meets the needs of the specific environment

Informačné technológie a stratégie v bankovníctve na Slovensku

Banks in Slovakia are under a strong influence of information technologies. These technologies are redesigning the product as well as the organizational structure. Strategies must also adapt to the information technologies and to their influence on the business environment. Companies often change their strategies because they must get adapted to ongoing changes in the business environment. The companies are experiencing average intensity level of competition. The sector is growing. In the research sample there is a strong usage of information technologies in the banking sector. Banks are using the promotion tools on the internet and so they use analytical tools and realize income generated by the information technologies. Some of them have separate strategy on the internet and in the physical world. Competitive advantage is reached by doing different activities as do their competitors. Differentiation on the internet is based on simplicity. The dominant strategy in the sample is building a strong image

Utilization of Business Experiments in Postindustrial Environment

Information technologies in the postindustrial era require the companies to use new tools to be competitive within the high-velocity environment. One of the new tools they can use is business experiment. Full potential of business experiments rose with the evolution of information technologies. Using sophisticated information technologies or even basic approaches can help to get decisions much faster or even immediately in real time compared to using traditional methods. The purpose of this paper is to present several ways of how to use business experiments that can be used to enhance company’s performance and to find out how prone the Slovak companies are to use business experiments. It should also give a picture how are the business experiments linked to level of informatization of the companies. The two main research foundations of the study were studying actual trends in researches on the topic of business experiments and a self-made survey among 382 companies in Slovakia as a partial outcome of my dissertation research. To interpret the research mathematical and statistical methods were used. First the theoretical basics were formulated and interpreted, as second these basics were enhanced with survey results. The biggest value of this paper is to present some new approaches of how to gain competitive advantage using business experiments. Using the business experiments the competitive advantage can be gained by decreasing the costs when designing the right portfolio, increasing profit by setting the optimal price or just by designing the right product fitting the specific needs of target group or finding the best business conditions like best geographical situation or even finding some correlations between not related products on the first view that allow to bulk them to increase the profit

Information Technologies and Strategies in the Service Industry

Information technologies have a deep impact on companies and their strategy especially now in so called postindustrial era. A company in sophisticated sector as service sector is strongly influenced by information technologies and must adapt to new rules or at least to new tools to not to lose its competitive advantage. In this paper we discuss the business environment of service sector. How the information technologies are used in the companies and how they influence the business strategy. This study is based on research made on Slovak companies and on modern theoretical approaches in strategy management

Utilization of Business Experiments in Postindustrial Environment

Information technologies in the postindustrial era require the companies to use new tools to be competitive within the high-velocity environment. One of the new tools they can use is business experiment. Full potential of business experiments rose with the evolution of information technologies. Using sophisticated information technologies or even basic approaches can help to get decisions much faster or even immediately in real time compared to using traditional methods. The purpose of this paper is to present several ways of how to use business experiments that can be used to enhance company’s performance and to find out how prone the Slovak companies are to use business experiments. It should also give a picture how are the business experiments linked to level of informatization of the companies. The two main research foundations of the study were studying actual trends in researches on the topic of business experiments and a self-made survey among 382 companies in Slovakia as a partial outcome of my dissertation research. To interpret the research mathematical and statistical methods were used. First the theoretical basics were formulated and interpreted, as second these basics were enhanced with survey results. The biggest value of this paper is to present some new approaches of how to gain competitive advantage using business experiments. Using the business experiments the competitive advantage can be gained by decreasing the costs when designing the right portfolio, increasing profit by setting the optimal price or just by designing the right product fitting the specific needs of target group or finding the best business conditions like best geographical situation or even finding some correlations between not related products on the first view that allow to bulk them to increase the profit

Aktuálne prístupy k stratégii v postindustriálnom prostredí

Nowadays we are witnessing how information technologies are redefining the business environment. There are new approaches, new tools resulting in new strategies. Postindustrial company needs to adapt to this new environment to remain being competitive. Historically the different eras were characterized by different types of innovation. The changes were moving from individual innovator to company and from technology to business model. Information is becoming a crucial success difference maker. The amount of information company collects is growing exponentially so are the possibilities to process and interpret them. The results of information analysis are more precise and they offer more effective suggestions. However this brings a new challenge to the company because you need to pick the right information and to ignore the redundant one. All this automatically result in new strategies that can be applied

Informačné technológie a stratégie v bankovníctve na Slovensku

Banks in Slovakia are under a strong influence of information technologies. These technologies are redesigning the product as well as the organizational structure. Strategies must also adapt to the information technologies and to their influence on the business environment. Companies often change their strategies because they must get adapted to ongoing changes in the business environment. The companies are experiencing average intensity level of competition. The sector is growing. In the research sample there is a strong usage of information technologies in the banking sector. Banks are using the promotion tools on the internet and so they use analytical tools and realize income generated by the information technologies. Some of them have separate strategy on the internet and in the physical world. Competitive advantage is reached by doing different activities as do their competitors. Differentiation on the internet is based on simplicity. The dominant strategy in the sample is building a strong image