Scaling up into a niche leader in an emerging economy (Shao et al 2025)

05/08/2025 54 min

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English Podcast starts at 00:00:00Bengali Podcast starts at 00:26:43Hindi Podcast starts at 00:39:02Simplified Chinese Podcast starts at 00:45:37🎙️✨ Welcome to another electrifying episode of Revise and Resubmit, the podcast where breakthrough research meets real-world impact! 🚀🌏Today, we’re diving deep into the heart of business innovation and gritty entrepreneurship in emerging economies. Imagine the bustling world of electric vehicles in China — factories roaring, new technologies sparking, and one small company, ZHIDATEC, daring to outpace the giants. What secret does it hold? How did it race ahead from humble SME to become a true niche leader? 🤔⚡The answer, it turns out, lies in a fresh perspective — effectual cognition. It’s about reading the winds of change and riding them, not with grand plans, but with nimble adaptability and relentless business model redesign. Today’s episode unpacks the fascinating journey described by Luning Shao, Shengce Ren, Jinmin Wang & Jianxin You in their trailblazing research, “Scaling up into a niche leader in an emerging economy through continuous business model innovation: an effectuation perspective.” 🧠🔬Published by Springer Nature and featured in the prestigious Asia Pacific Journal of Management — an ABDC A Journal — this study offers exclusive insights into what it really takes to innovate and scale, phase by phase, in the high-voltage world of EV charging. What can you learn from ZHIDATEC’s founder? How does effectual thinking make or break your climb to the top? 🌟But here’s the burning question — if continuous business model innovation is the secret sauce, how can other entrepreneurs stir that into their recipe for success in rapidly evolving markets? 🍲🚀A massive thank you to the brilliant authors and to Springer Nature, the powerhouse publisher behind today’s featured article! 🌟👏Don’t forget — if this episode sparked your curiosity, **subscribe to "Revise and Resubmit" right now on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Prime, and check out our YouTube channel, "Weekend Researcher"!**🔔🎧📺Until next time, keep questioning, keep revising, and never stop innovating! 💡✨ReferenceShao, L., Ren, S., Wang, J. et al. Scaling up into a niche leader in an emerging economy through continuous business model innovation: an effectuation perspective. Asia Pac J Manag (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-025-10044-2Youtube Channel⁠https://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcher⁠Support us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/weekendresearcher

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