Is Germany Still Great? A Nation in Search of Its Identity There are moments when a country looks in the mirror and asks itself: “Am I still great?” France has known this feeling for a long time. The Grand Nation was once the center of the world—culturally, politically, militarily. But then came Waterloo, Indochina, and Algeria, and France had to…
In January 2025, the artificial intelligence landscape experienced a seismic shift with the introduction of DeepSeek’s R1 model, a revolutionary AI chatbot that exemplified cost-effective AI innovation. This Chinese AI startup unveiled a generative AI chatbot that matched the capabilities of leading models from U.S. tech giants but claimed it was developed at a fraction of the cost and time….
Business Model Thinking is coming more and more mainstream. On Friday, I was at a workshop sponsored by the EU commission on Business Model Innovation and Policy Making. Here are my takeaways. Business Model Innovation on the top of the agenda for policy makers I’m very happy that the topic we started more than 15 years ago will be part…
The airline business is a strange business and in desperate need for business model innovation. On the one hand, more people fly than ever to prices lower than ever. IATA, the industry body, states that the real cost of travel has fallen in the last 40 years by about 60% and the number of travelers increased tenfold. Air freight has…
I had in the last months the chance to apply business model thinking & innovation on several, very diverse industries: the airline and travel industry, the pets industry and some time ago on the media industry, particularly newspaper. In the upcoming three next posts, I will share some insights I gained from using the business model canvas on these industries….
Can we copy business models and start successful clones? That is what we discuss in this post.
