A cluster analysis of the business models of Spanish journals

Claudio-González, Melba G.; Martı́n-Baranera, Montserrat; Villarroya, Anna

doi:10.1002/leap.1046

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“…Furthermore, although publishers of different natures are prone to The findings presented above suggest that, although commercial publishers are moving towards OA [57], that shift could lead to APCs far higher than the current level, especially in the case of forprofit professional publishers such as Elsevier. It is difficult to understand whether these findings can be generalized or not, inasmuch as the scientific publishing landscape is populated by different players [44,58]. Both university presses and non-profit scientific societies run journals, and also national academies of science play a role in the publishing community.…”

Section: Results: Apcs From the Market Perspective And Related Aspectsmentioning

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Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

Copiello

2020

Publications

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This paper addresses the topic of the article processing charges (APCs) that are paid when publishing articles using the open access (OA) option. Building on the Elsevier OA price list, company balance sheet figures, and ScienceDirect data, tentative answers to three questions are outlined using a Monte Carlo approach to deal with the uncertainty inherent in the inputs. The first question refers to the level of APCs from the market perspective, under the hypothesis that all the articles published in Elsevier journals exploit the OA model so that the subscription to ScienceDirect becomes worthless. The second question is how much Elsevier should charge for publishing all the articles under the OA model, assuming the profit margin reduces and adheres to the market benchmark. The third issue is how many articles would have to be accepted, in an OA-only publishing landscape, so that the publisher benefits from the same revenue and profit margin as in the recent past. The results point to high APCs, nearly twice the current level, being required to preserve the publisher's profit margin. Otherwise, by relaxing that constraint, a downward shift of APCs can be expected so they would tend to get close to current values. Accordingly, the article acceptance rate could be likely to grow from 26-27% to about 35-55%.

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Section: Results: Apcs From the Market Perspective And Related Aspectsmentioning

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Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

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2020

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“…Competency and Partner). 4 Clustering of business models in identifying BM categories was successfully administered by Camisón & Villar-López (2010) in creating taxonomies of business models in Spanish industry, Claudio-González, Martín- Baranera, & Villarroya (2016) in their research on business models of Spanish journals or Farne & Vouldis (2017) while identifying business models of the banks in the euro area. The utilisation of clustering methods in constructing business model taxonomies was also discussed by Groth & Nielsen (2015).…”

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The evolution of business models of Polish health resort enterprises

Kozarkiewicz¹,

Kabalska²

2020

JEM

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Aim/purpose-The aim of the paper is to explore the evolution of business models of health resort enterprises. The sector is perceived in this research as a case of a particular, traditional sector based on natural (here: balneological) resources which has been undergoing significant changes. In addition to the analysis of the evolution of business models, the purpose was to investigate the role of different categories of resources, e.g. infrastructure or relational competences, in substituting natural resources in the creation of business models. Design/methodology/approach-The exploration was based on a quantitative approach and survey research. The data gathered through the questionnaire were used in cluster analysis which adopted the agglomeration (hierarchical) method, i.e. grouping of features by Ward's method. Findings-Business models in the health resort sector in Poland have evolved and the major change incorporated their shift from business models focused on an idiosyncratic category of resources, i.e. natural, balneological resources, to business models based on other categories, like human resources, e.g. employees' competences, tangible resources like modern infrastructure or financial resources (for example contracts). The application of a clustering method facilitated tracing the evolution of business models from various perspectives, such as the importance of interorganiational cooperation, different value propositions, and focus on various customer segments. The evolution of business models of Polish health resort enterprises 63 Research implications/limitations-The research implication for management studies is the recognition and presentation of the categories (archetypes) of business models of health resort enterprises in Poland as well as the characteristics of the evolution of business models within the scope of their components. The primary practical implication from a managerial perspective is to provide the basis for evaluation of opportunities and threats related to the adopted business model when comparing to the alternatives currently chosen by competitors. The major limitation of the research is the small sample size. Originality/value/contribution-The paper presents the results of the original research conducted among health resort enterprises in Poland. The paper identifies and characterises various categories (archetypes) of business models of the health resort enterprises in Poland as well as the evolution of the building blocks of implemented business models. The study contributes to the discussion on the usefulness of resource-based-view (RBV) as a theoretical perspective of business model research. The results are consistent with RBV as well as adhere to competence approach and relational view. From a practical perspective, they offer a recipe (formula) for managers of health resort enterprises interested in introducing changes into their business models.

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“…Our initial idea was to apply an unsupervised machine learning algorithm to a dataset, which should lead us to findings related to business models. This approach was applied in other industries like the Spanish scientific journals [31] or electric mobility [32] successfully. The cluster analysis methodology was not up to now applied in the field of PBS business models, but we collected a large dataset, which can be used to this purpose.…”

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Cluster Analysis of Public Bike Sharing Systems for Categorization

Mátrai

Tóth

2020

Sustainability

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The world population will reach 9.8 billion by 2050, with increased urbanization. Cycling is one of the fastest developing sustainable transport solutions. With the spread of public bike sharing (PBS) systems, it is very important to understand the differences between systems. This article focuses on the clustering of different bike sharing systems around the world. The lack of a comprehensive database about PBS systems in the world does not allow comparing or evaluating them. Therefore, the first step was to gather data about existing systems. The existing systems could be categorized by grouping criterions, and then typical models can be defined. Our assumption was that 90% of the systems could be classified into four clusters. We used clustering techniques and statistical analysis to create these clusters. However, our estimation proved to be too optimistic, therefore, we only used four distinct clusters (public, private, mixed, other) and the results were acceptable. The analysis of the different clusters and the identification of their common features is the next step of this line of research; however, some general characteristics of the proposed clusters are described. The result is a general method that could identify the type of a PBS system.

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A cluster analysis of the business models of Spanish journals

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

Business as Usual with Article Processing Charges in the Transition towards OA Publishing: A Case Study Based on Elsevier

The evolution of business models of Polish health resort enterprises

Cluster Analysis of Public Bike Sharing Systems for Categorization

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