Solving Paradox by Increasing Technological Capacity: A Critique of the Concept of Business Model Innovation at TikTok

Xin Li

doi:10.1017/mor.2021.78

Solving Paradox by Increasing Technological Capacity: A Critique of the Concept of Business Model Innovation at TikTok

Xin Li^*

^*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

Department of Management, Society and Communication

Newcastle University Business School

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Abstract

This paper comments on Yulun Ma and Yue Hu's (2021) recent article ‘Business Model Innovation and Experimentation in Transforming Economies: ByteDance and TikTok’. It argues that TikTok's international success is not due to so-called business model innovation; instead, it is because ByteDance has overcome three major hurdles facing emerging market firms pursuing internationalization. It also posits that the case of TikTok offers inspiration for theorizing paradox, namely, individuals and organizations can solve paradoxical tensions by increasing capacity through the use of advanced technologies.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Management and Organization Review
Vol/bind	18
Udgave nummer	1
Sider (fra-til)	203-208
Antal sider	6
ISSN	1740-8776
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2021.78
Status	Udgivet - feb. 2022

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Published online: 12 January 2022.

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Business model innovation
Emerging market
Interntionalization
Paradox
Technology

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