Dr. Ramon Casadesus gives an operational definition of “business model” and provide a set of tools to determine the business model for any organization. He relate business models to the “engine” of an organization (i.e., how it works). By studying how it works, he elaborates that we’re able to apply the same technique to both for-profit and not-for-profit firms. He covers:
- How to ascertain how a particular business model helps the organization create and capture value over time;
- How to understand how business models of different organizations interact; and
- Learn how to improve a business model
About the Speaker

Professor at Harvard Business School
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 2000. He has taught the required MBA Strategy course, an elective course on Competing Business Models, and Ph.D. courses on Strategy and Game Theory. He also teaches in Executive Education programs. Casadesus-Masanell received his Ph.D. in Managerial Economics and Strategy from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He received his BA in Economics from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Casadesus-Masanell’s fields of specialization are management strategy, managerial economics, and industrial organization. Casadesus-Masanell studies strategic interaction between organizations that operate different business models. He is also interested in the limits to contracting and the role of trust for management strategy. He has published in Management Science, the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, the Academy of Management Review, Long Range Planning, the Journal of Law & Economics, the Journal of Economic Theory, the USC Interdisciplinary Law Journal, ABANTE Studies in Business Management, and the Harvard Business Review, among others.
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