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Discover and Create 3 Dimensions Business Competition Space——A Multiple Cases Study

Wei Wei1, Hu Yong2, Chen Weijian3   

  1. 1. Peking University HSBC Business School, Shenzhen 518055;
    2. Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, Beijing 100084;
    3. Yuan Zhi Business Model Research Institute, Shenzhen 518000
  • Received:2015-06-18 Online:2016-01-30 Published:2016-02-01

Abstract:

After an intensive analysis of the competition space of online travel, smart phones and antivirus software by a multiple case study, we discover that modern enterprises compete with each other in new space-business model space, symbiont space and the traditional strategic space. The different logic of the 3 competition spaces are: (1) The main strategic space has its own three dimensions: customers, competitors and enterprises; (2) The business model space has its own three dimensions: operational activities, profit model and cash flow structure; (3) The symbiont space has its own three dimensions: evolution, demise and birth of asymbiosis. In different competitive space, companies need to consider different problems and integrate their respective development logic to cope with the potential competitions from various competitive space.

Key words: business model, competition space, business symbiont, case study