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Beyond the Business Model Canvas Universe: A Critical Exploration of the BMC Language
UCL University College, Denmark.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6225-7870
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management (MAN).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4032-7932
2023 (English)In: Handbook of Research on Business Model Innovation Through Disruption and Digitalization / [ed] Erik Stavnsager Rasmussen and Nicolaj Hannesbo Petersen, Hershey: IGI Global, 2023, p. 22-41Chapter in book (Refereed)
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Abstract [en]

The business model canvas (BMC) has become the leading way to visualize business models and an omnipresent global language in management practice and education. This chapter draws on critical entrepreneurship research and applies semiotics to conduct an analysis of the BMC language and to explore what entrepreneurship narratives unfold in the BMC. The analysis shows that the BMC language (re)emphasizes an established view of business models with an underlying planning perspective and an individualistic understanding of the (male) entrepreneur in a traditional business context. In addition, the BMC language stresses a non-critical, bright side of entrepreneurship where value is transmitted from entrepreneurs to waiting customers. The suggested semiotic method and the presented analysis of the BMC can be used by mangers and educators to reflect on what the BMC universe offers in terms of, for example, disruptive and digital perspectives, and thus the consequences for logics in new business models.

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Hershey: IGI Global, 2023. p. 22-41
Series
Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage (ABSCA) Book Series, ISSN 2327-3429, E-ISSN 2327-3437
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Economics and Business
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Economy, Ledarskap, entreprenörskap och organisation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-119712DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4895-3.ch002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85151612543ISBN: 9781668448960 (print)ISBN: 9781668448953 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-119712DiVA, id: diva2:1742691
Available from: 2023-03-10 Created: 2023-03-10 Last updated: 2023-08-16Bibliographically approved

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