Sidhu couldn't have known it at the time, but the software Sidhu and i2 were developing (referred to as supply-chain management) would become the cornerstone of business-to-business (B2B) exchanges and electronic marketplaces, which are today being built by hundreds of large and small companies.
Two cornerstones of business models, the value and the network perspectives, are effectively interlinked and the main levers for a third key module, business model dynamics.
We also consider what the main cornerstones of business models - value creation and capture and firm networking activities - portend for different firms, small entrepreneurial firms, and large companies.
In a report predating the merger detailing the needs for the "Innovation University", Martti Mäenpää wrote that global operational environments, focusing on core competencies and the replacement of linear value chains with value networks, are the cornerstones of business, and Finland, as a nation, should be able to capitalize on these chains.
· Business: Greg Mason, who joined CNET Networks in 2000, will oversee the Business portfolio, which includes BNET.com, the cornerstone of the business category, and leading sites like ZDNet and TechRepublic.
· Business: Eighteen million users each month have come to rely on CBS Interactive's business properties, which include BNET.com, the cornerstone of the business category, and leading sites like ZDNet and TechRepublic.
Moody's said the separation should benefit GMAC's liquidity and reduce its exposure to GM — but the firm also suggested that the two businesses' fates are hopelessly intertwined: Moody's expects that GMAC's business relationship with GM will continue to be the cornerstone of its business model under new ownership.
"Confidentiality is the cornerstone of our business".
I.B.M. has made "strategic alliances" a cornerstone of its business.
"While our Internet operations are strong, our stores remain the cornerstone of our business".
Microsoft knows perfectly well that the Internet is the cornerstone of its business now.
