Interview: MIT Research Director Peter Weill on IT Infrastructure - ' Weill'
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Weill's Eight Atomic E-Business Models
Content Provider
Provides content (information, digital products, and services) via intermediaries.
Example: AOL/Time Warner, Morningstar, Reuters
Direct to Customer
Provides goods or services to the customer, often bypassing traditional channel members.
Dell.com, Gap.com, RealNetworks.com
Full-Service Provider
Provides a full range of services in one domain (e.g., finance, health) offering both its own products and those of others, attempting to own the primary consumer relationship.
GE Supply Company, Prudential Securities
Intermediary
Brings together buyers and sellers by concentrating information.
eBay, Yahoo
Shared Infrastructure
Brings together multiple competitors to cooperate by sharing common IT infrastructure.
Covisint, ABACUS International
Value Net Integrator
Coordinates activities across companies in a value net (physical or virtual supply chain) by gathering, synthesizing and distributing information.
Cisco Systems Inc., Seven-Eleven Japan
Virtual Community
Creates and facilitates an online community of people with a common interest, enabling interaction and service provision.
The Motley Fool, Inc., The WELL, Parent Soup
Whole-of-Enterprise/Government
Provides a companywide single point of contact, consolidating all services provided by a large multiunit organization.
Colonial Limited, State of Victoria (Australia)
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