Do you want a “pay as you go” PC?
Microsoft has applied for a patent which would enable a shift to a "pay as you go" business model for personal computing. Some of the details are reported here. What does this mean from a business model perspective?
U2’s Business Model
Over the past several years, the music industry has undergone tremendous transformation with a shifting balance of power between artist, labels, consumers, and new players like Apple. The latest move by U2 to collect money from Live Nation highlights the business model shifts occurring in the music industry.
End of the billable hour?
Most corporate legal work is based on a business model of the billable hour. This model creates huge incentive problems for clients and attorneys. The client wants to minimize hours and the attorney wants to maximize hours. The billable hour model also creates incentive problems inside law firms as attorneys may hoard work that they should…
Rating the rating agencies
In the 12/1/2008 Barron's, Tom Sullivan writes about the Big Three Rating Agenies — Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings. The SEC is reviewing how these agencies are regulated and "the basic business model employed by the largest agencies" is "open to question". What does this mean?
Dis-Associated Press?
Business ecosystems tend to evolve into a dynamic equilibrium where all of the parties divide a growing pie — think Windows/Intel for much of the past few decades. However, when the core business model of one of the players is threatened, look for all of the players in the ecosystem to look for ways to…