Noun
business model (plural business models)
The particular way in which a business ensures that it generates income, one that includes the choice of offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices, and operational processes and policies.
A startup is a temporary organization in search of a scalable, repeatable, profitable business model. Steve Blank
My grand total for the free film was $132,000, and that is a business model I am totally sticking to. And everything that I do now is totally free. Nina Paley
The business model of Wall Street is fraud. In my view, there is no better example than the recently-exposed illegal behavior at Wells Fargo. Bernie Sanders
Wal-Mart provides a chilling example of the damage that low-wage, nonunion corporations can wreak, and their business model is going to set the standards for our children unless we do something now. Wal-Mart is the sewer pipe through which good jobs are being flushed. Andy Stern
Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright. Dan Farmer
So in 2000, when we changed the business model and started really focusing on that triangle and putting the customer in the center, we decided we should hold off - we've done enough consolidation; we've got enough critical mass. Sanjay Kumar