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Building a Winning Business Model Portfolio

June 9, 2017 | Paolo Aversa, Stefan Haefliger, Danielle Giuliana Reza | Strategy

Many companies today are operating several business models at once. But despite the potential that business model diversification has for generating growth and profit, executives need to carefully assess the strategic contributions of each element of their business model portfolio.

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