Future Rail Business Models
Type
work report
Date Issued
2020-06
Author(s)
Abstract
While existing studies envision the future of mobility and foreshadow change, they omit to discuss implications for specific business models and their value creation logics. Yet, identifying development trajectories for existing and new business models is key to determine how railway companies will provide sustainable value in tomorrow’s mobility landscape – specifically, as consumer preferences and technologies change. New technologies enable virtual integration along service, travel, and logistics chains, new transportation production concepts, and added functionality. This opens trajectories for new business models and the augmentation of existing models of passenger and freight transportation. In this report we develop a morphology of configurational options for railway companies’ business models based on the Swiss case, identify novel configurations based future mobility scenarios, and deduce strategic implications for existing railway business models with a particular focus on passengers.
Funding(s)
Language
English
Keywords
business model
scenario
transportation
future
railway
mobility
2040
morphology
business model innovation
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
HSG Profile Area
None
Publisher
IMP-HSG
Publisher place
St. Gallen
Pages
136
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Contact Email Address
christian.laesser@unisg.ch
Eprints ID
261790
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Future_Rail_Business_Models_Report_2020_Reinhold_Kuster_Laesser.pdf
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4.31 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
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