“…Matthyssens, Vandenbempt, & Berghman, 2006;Michel, Brown, & Gallan, 2008;Schlegelmilch, Diamantopoulos, & Kreuz, 2003;Sharma, Krishnan, & Grewal, 2001). Consistent with the academic interest, also practitioners -strategic marketing managers and executives -now view that it is among their central tasks to make strategic decisions concerning not only the innovation of the products of the firm but also that of its entire business model (Tollin, 2008).…”