{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2889768638","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-018-0556-y","title":"Conquering the Challenge of Continuous Business Model Improvement","display_name":"Conquering the Challenge of Continuous Business Model Improvement","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-09-05","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2889768638","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-018-0556-y","mag":"2889768638"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s12599-018-0556-y","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-018-0556-y","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S27339233","display_name":"Business & Information Systems Engineering","issn_l":"1867-0202","issn":["1867-0202","2363-7005"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Business &amp; Information Systems Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089422288","display_name":"Benedikt Simmert","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106157433","display_name":"University of Kassel","ror":"https://ror.org/04zc7p361","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Benedikt Simmert","raw_affiliation_strings":["Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074418314","display_name":"Philipp Ebel","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106157433","display_name":"University of Kassel","ror":"https://ror.org/04zc7p361","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Philipp Alexander Ebel","raw_affiliation_strings":["Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033421842","display_name":"Christoph Peters","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8140-1516"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106157433","display_name":"University of Kassel","ror":"https://ror.org/04zc7p361","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I202963720","display_name":"University of St.Gallen","ror":"https://ror.org/0561a3s31","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202963720"]}],"countries":["CH","DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christoph Peters","raw_affiliation_strings":["Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany","Institute for Information Management, University of St. Gallen, M\u00fcller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute for Information Management, University of St. Gallen, M\u00fcller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I202963720"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013096281","display_name":"Eva Bittner","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7628-6012"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I159176309","display_name":"Universit\u00e4t Hamburg","ror":"https://ror.org/00g30e956","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I159176309"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eva Alice Christiane Bittner","raw_affiliation_strings":["Information Systems, University of Hamburg, Vogt-K\u00f6lln-Stra\u00dfe 30, 22527, Hamburg, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Information Systems, University of Hamburg, Vogt-K\u00f6lln-Stra\u00dfe 30, 22527, Hamburg, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I159176309"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031171331","display_name":"Jan Marco Leimeister","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-2894"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106157433","display_name":"University of Kassel","ror":"https://ror.org/04zc7p361","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I202963720","display_name":"University of St.Gallen","ror":"https://ror.org/0561a3s31","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202963720"]}],"countries":["CH","DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jan Marco Leimeister","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chair for Information Systems, Institute for Information Management, University of St. Gallen, M\u00fcller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland","Chair for Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chair for Information Systems, Institute for Information Management, University of St. Gallen, M\u00fcller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I202963720"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chair for Information Systems, Research Center for IS Design (ITeG), University of Kassel, Pfannkuchstra\u00dfe 1, 34121, Kassel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5089422288"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106157433"],"apc_list":{"value":3590,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3590},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.7749,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":25,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86457818,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"61","issue":"4","first_page":"451","last_page":"468"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10703","display_name":"Business Process Modeling and Analysis","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10703","display_name":"Business Process Modeling and Analysis","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11114","display_name":"Service and Product Innovation","score":0.996399998664856,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1406","display_name":"Marketing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.9955999851226807,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-process-modeling","display_name":"Business process modeling","score":0.6821987628936768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artifact-centric-business-process-model","display_name":"Artifact-centric business process model","score":0.6448906064033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-process","display_name":"Business process","score":0.5538337826728821},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-model","display_name":"Business model","score":0.5442495942115784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.540320873260498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/design-science-research","display_name":"Design science research","score":0.5118993520736694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.5079644322395325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-process-management","display_name":"Business process management","score":0.495442271232605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.4943046569824219},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/competition","display_name":"Competition (biology)","score":0.49274447560310364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-rule","display_name":"Business rule","score":0.48182693123817444},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/new-business-development","display_name":"New business development","score":0.474107563495636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-modeling","display_name":"Process modeling","score":0.4596857726573944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-process-model-and-notation","display_name":"Business Process Model and Notation","score":0.4549100995063782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/design-science","display_name":"Design science","score":0.4435027539730072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-process-discovery","display_name":"Business process discovery","score":0.42931652069091797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-analysis","display_name":"Business analysis","score":0.4292938709259033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4276471734046936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perspective","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","score":0.4215373992919922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.323160856962204},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.275881826877594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-system","display_name":"Information system","score":0.22190070152282715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.1594773530960083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-in-process","display_name":"Work in process","score":0.15051639080047607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-management","display_name":"Operations management","score":0.13590118288993835}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207505557","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4374012","display_name":"Business process modeling","level":4,"score":0.6821987628936768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162754035","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17006331","display_name":"Artifact-centric business process model","level":5,"score":0.6448906064033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85345410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q851587","display_name":"Business process","level":3,"score":0.5538337826728821},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4216890","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815823","display_name":"Business model","level":2,"score":0.5442495942115784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.540320873260498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777655877","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3475740","display_name":"Design science research","level":3,"score":0.5118993520736694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.5079644322395325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80309976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7007379","display_name":"Business process management","level":4,"score":0.495442271232605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.4943046569824219},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91306197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45767","display_name":"Competition (biology)","level":2,"score":0.49274447560310364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11066294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1518244","display_name":"Business rule","level":4,"score":0.48182693123817444},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34630208","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7016388","display_name":"New business development","level":3,"score":0.474107563495636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76956256","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27610560","display_name":"Process modeling","level":3,"score":0.4596857726573944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179299601","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017605","display_name":"Business Process Model and Notation","level":5,"score":0.4549100995063782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780103759","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264375","display_name":"Design science","level":2,"score":0.4435027539730072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93453677","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017580","display_name":"Business process discovery","level":5,"score":0.42931652069091797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189076506","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1518232","display_name":"Business analysis","level":3,"score":0.4292938709259033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4276471734046936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.4215373992919922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.323160856962204},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.275881826877594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180198813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121182","display_name":"Information system","level":2,"score":0.22190070152282715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.1594773530960083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C174998907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357662","display_name":"Work in process","level":2,"score":0.15051639080047607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.13590118288993835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s12599-018-0556-y","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-018-0556-y","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S27339233","display_name":"Business & Information Systems Engineering","issn_l":"1867-0202","issn":["1867-0202","2363-7005"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Business &amp; Information Systems Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:elartu.tntu.edu.ua:lib/38285","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://elartu.tntu.edu.ua/handle/lib/38285","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401453","display_name":"ELARTU (Ternopil National Technical University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I92130990","host_organization_name":"Ternopil Ivan Pul'uj National Technical University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I92130990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Bachelor Thesis"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:spr:binfse:v:61:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1007_s12599-018-0556-y","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12599-018-0556-y","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5299999713897705,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":86,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W18209118","https://openalex.org/W84608185","https://openalex.org/W159321140","https://openalex.org/W185021232","https://openalex.org/W279724836","https://openalex.org/W581858677","https://openalex.org/W619498406","https://openalex.org/W1276866904","https://openalex.org/W1508093567","https://openalex.org/W1542405687","https://openalex.org/W1549203621","https://openalex.org/W1583765723","https://openalex.org/W1788836429","https://openalex.org/W1848226509","https://openalex.org/W1972794202","https://openalex.org/W1982995374","https://openalex.org/W1983210235","https://openalex.org/W1983217000","https://openalex.org/W1996220078","https://openalex.org/W1998453614","https://openalex.org/W1999236988","https://openalex.org/W2001809422","https://openalex.org/W2008659322","https://openalex.org/W2009466416","https://openalex.org/W2012378416","https://openalex.org/W2017675486","https://openalex.org/W2023194027","https://openalex.org/W2025192561","https://openalex.org/W2027809237","https://openalex.org/W2029041384","https://openalex.org/W2031451122","https://openalex.org/W2032539947","https://openalex.org/W2033375954","https://openalex.org/W2033384834","https://openalex.org/W2040368007","https://openalex.org/W2047420199","https://openalex.org/W2050059866","https://openalex.org/W2061504941","https://openalex.org/W2062705063","https://openalex.org/W2066990553","https://openalex.org/W2067245911","https://openalex.org/W2077973510","https://openalex.org/W2078469545","https://openalex.org/W2087431652","https://openalex.org/W2090565918","https://openalex.org/W2093609174","https://openalex.org/W2099961237","https://openalex.org/W2102998636","https://openalex.org/W2110710386","https://openalex.org/W2112123678","https://openalex.org/W2115483042","https://openalex.org/W2116285089","https://openalex.org/W2118245591","https://openalex.org/W2121854318","https://openalex.org/W2132789787","https://openalex.org/W2136071264","https://openalex.org/W2136451344","https://openalex.org/W2136922540","https://openalex.org/W2138363826","https://openalex.org/W2139316058","https://openalex.org/W2140699752","https://openalex.org/W2143622967","https://openalex.org/W2145526289","https://openalex.org/W2164314939","https://openalex.org/W2166737518","https://openalex.org/W2167479959","https://openalex.org/W2168697680","https://openalex.org/W2169571673","https://openalex.org/W2178853849","https://openalex.org/W2217568322","https://openalex.org/W2268382952","https://openalex.org/W2344196969","https://openalex.org/W2466401039","https://openalex.org/W2559146268","https://openalex.org/W2560150188","https://openalex.org/W2560497380","https://openalex.org/W2611996279","https://openalex.org/W2804788409","https://openalex.org/W3122343918","https://openalex.org/W3124737430","https://openalex.org/W3125188064","https://openalex.org/W3126120977","https://openalex.org/W3151678985","https://openalex.org/W3151685851","https://openalex.org/W4231672591","https://openalex.org/W4237249867"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2075192667","https://openalex.org/W1600624913","https://openalex.org/W1532300745","https://openalex.org/W3210160841","https://openalex.org/W1495812394","https://openalex.org/W1509246047","https://openalex.org/W4390918588","https://openalex.org/W2165981511","https://openalex.org/W1782171664","https://openalex.org/W93556318"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-07-23T08:03:31.855105","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
