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Digital Business Models for Industry 4.0

How Innovation and Technology Shape the Future of Companies

  • Offers a detailed classification of emerging business models in the digital era
  • Includes real case studies to help readers to understand how technologies affect business operations
  • Provides an assessment framework for creating competitive digital strategies

Part of the book series: Future of Business and Finance (FBF)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Strategic Innovation Driven by Digital Transformation

    • Carlo Bagnoli, Andrea Albarelli, Stefano Biazzo, Gianluca Biotto, Giuseppe Roberto Marseglia, Maurizio Massaro et al.
    Pages 1-48
  3. Industry 4.0 and Its Digital Paradigms

    • Carlo Bagnoli, Andrea Albarelli, Stefano Biazzo, Gianluca Biotto, Giuseppe Roberto Marseglia, Maurizio Massaro et al.
    Pages 49-117
  4. Industry 4.0 and the Emergent Business Models

    • Carlo Bagnoli, Andrea Albarelli, Stefano Biazzo, Gianluca Biotto, Giuseppe Roberto Marseglia, Maurizio Massaro et al.
    Pages 119-210
  5. The Integration of Digital Business Models: The Amazon Case Study

    • Carlo Bagnoli, Andrea Albarelli, Stefano Biazzo, Gianluca Biotto, Giuseppe Roberto Marseglia, Maurizio Massaro et al.
    Pages 211-239
  6. Conclusions

    • Carlo Bagnoli, Andrea Albarelli, Stefano Biazzo, Gianluca Biotto, Giuseppe Roberto Marseglia, Maurizio Massaro et al.
    Pages 241-268

About this book

Technological advancements are contributing to shape future business models and the industrial scenario. Companies face the challenge of having to adapt to the frequently shifting technology landscape. Therefore, organizations must exploit technological advances to thrive in the digital revolution. This book presents and discusses emerging digital business models in the Industry 4.0. These models are illustrated with real case studies and include data-driven, platform, smart factory and servitization among others. The book introduces a detailed classification to help organizations to redesign their current business models and discusses how to gain unique competitive advantages. The book includes not only theoretical concepts to understand the context of digital transformation but also an assessment framework to enable and support innovation in organizations and create new revenue streams. The book will be of interest to students and professionals alike who want to understand the core of the Industry 4.0.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy

    Carlo Bagnoli

  • Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Mestre, Venice, Italy

    Andrea Albarelli

  • Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Stefano Biazzo

  • Strategy Innovation S.r.l., Venice, Italy

    Gianluca Biotto, Matilde Messina

  • University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Giuseppe Roberto Marseglia

  • Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy

    Maurizio Massaro

  • Avanade Italy S.r.l., Milan, Italy

    Antonella Muraro

  • Zeb Consulting S.r.l., Milan, Italy

    Luca Troiano

About the authors

Carlo Bagnoli is Professor of Strategic Innovation at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy). He is the founder, partner, scientific director, and Board member of Strategy Innovation S.r.l., a university spin-off located in Venice dealing with innovation and focusing on action research. His research focuses on topics such as digitalization, strategic innovation, business model innovation and knowledge management.   

Andrea Albarelli is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, (Italy). His research focuses on computer vision, pattern recognition, optimization, and Artificial Intelligence.

Stefano Biazzo is Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Padua (Italy). He has over 20 years of experience in organizational change management, focusing on developing and disseminating concepts, methodologies, and tools to enhance firm performance through the adoption of innovation and fostercontinuous improvement.

Gianluca Biotto is the Chief Research Officer at Strategy Innovation S.r.l., a university spin-off and consulting firm based in Venice (Italy) and Business and Innovation Manager at Veeco, a management consulting firm located in Milan (Italy). His research interests include strategic innovation, business modelling and business model innovation. 

Giuseppe Roberto Ciro Bruno Marseglia is the Chief Executive Officer at Daat Consulting, a digital consulting firm based in Milan (Italy) and the Chief Technology Officer at Italica Turismo S.p.A., a leisure and travel company located in Trento (Italy). Marseglia is also research fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Pavia.

Maurizio Massaro is Associate Professor of Digital Management at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice  (Italy). His research interests include knowledge management, intellectual capital, business sustainability, business models and innovation. Massaro is the Chief Scientific Officer of the MIKE – Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise Award for Italy.

Matilde Messina is Research Assistant and Junior Consultant at Strategy Innovation S.r.l., a university spin-off and consulting firm located in Venice (Italy). Her research interests include digitalization, digital business models, strategic innovation, business model innovation and digital technologies for business.

Antonella Muraro is an ERP Business Analyst at Avanade Italy S.r.l., a global professional services company located in Milan (Italy) and providing IT consulting and services. Her research focuses on topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and digital business models.

Luca Troiano is Consultant at ZEB Consulting, a leading strategy and management consulting firm located in Milan (Italy). His research focused on topics such as digital business models, strategic innovation and business model innovation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Digital Business Models for Industry 4.0

  • Book Subtitle: How Innovation and Technology Shape the Future of Companies

  • Authors: Carlo Bagnoli, Andrea Albarelli, Stefano Biazzo, Gianluca Biotto, Giuseppe Roberto Marseglia, Maurizio Massaro, Matilde Messina, Antonella Muraro, Luca Troiano

  • Series Title: Future of Business and Finance

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97284-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97283-7Published: 21 May 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97286-8Published: 21 May 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-97284-4Published: 20 May 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2662-2467

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-2475

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 268

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 92 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business and Management, general, IT in Business, Business Information Systems, e-Commerce/e-business, Organization

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 54.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
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Softcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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