This book outlines an integrative framework for business-model innovation in the paradigm of
the Internet of Things. It elaborates several tools and methodologies for the quantitative
qualitative analytical and effectual evaluation and analyzes their applicability and
efficiency for several phases of the business-model innovation process. As such it provides
guidance to managers decision-makers and entrepreneurs on how to systematically employ the
business-model concept with the aim of achieving sustainable competitive advantages. For
researchers the book introduces cases and examples for successful business-model innovation and
presents an integrated approach to the methods and tools applied.