A business model approach towards the understanding of daily deals within Internet distribution systems
Author
Budler, Marko
Bratec, Miha
Minor, Katarzyna Barbara
Tomat, Luka
Date
2019-07-22Acceptance date
2019-05-22
Type
Article
acceptedVersion
Publisher
SAGE
ISSN
2044-0375
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The business model approach is making a slow, but steady footprint in tourism research, and can offer a fresh perspective and a viable level-of-analysis for broader networks of internet distribution systems. Among those, the researchers have devoted limited attention to studying the daily deal providers and their position next to the online travel agencies. More importantly, the daily deal providers developed a unique business model whose characteristics, contrary to early predictions, enabled them to proliferate post-recession and maintain their position. The current study uses the business model approach to observe the original dimensions and business model elements, to identify distinct characteristics of generic and niche daily deal providers, and to benchmark them against the established online travel agencies. The business model approach enhances the understanding of the overlooked niche daily-deal providers in internet distribution systems. Further, the paper provides a comparison of the distinct business model characteristics in internet distribution systems to help facilitate the formulation of a unique value proposition for each of them. Ultimately, the authors acknowledge limited possibilities for cooperation between the providers and discuss substantive directions of daily deal and internet distribution systems business model transformations of the future.
Journal/conference proceeding
Tourism Economics;
Citation
Budler, M., Bratec, M., Minor, K.B. and Tomat, L. (2019) 'A business model approach towards the understanding of daily deals within Internet distribution systems', Tourism Economics, p.1354816619863261. DOI: 10.1177/1354816619863261.
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Article published in Tourism Economics on 22 July 2019, available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816619863261.
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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