Innovatio
                          n
through
         the explo
   of value        itation
            networks


           Fabrizio Maria Pini
     Head of Marketing Programmes
          MIP Business School
          Politecnico of Milan
Agenda
• Call for co-creation: business model
  implications
• The different levels of commitment
• Defining the different kind of communities
  to support co-creation
• Brand and company role in supporting
  different co-creation communities
Call for co-
creation: business
model implications
The role of co-creation in defining company’s competitive
advantage depends on the kind of business model that supports
                     corporate strategies
The Long Tail
The distribution and inventory costs of businesses successfully
 applying this strategy allow them to realize significant profit out of
   selling small volumes of hard-to-find items to many customers
instead of only selling large volumes of a reduced number of popular
   items. The total sales of this large number of "non-hit items" is
                          called the Long Tail.
Cost of services in
customisation might
erode inventory cost
    reductions
Exploit co-creation to reduce
       cost of services
The minimal incremental
 cost of inventory in long
tail business models could
also be exploited reducing
 cost of product ideation
        and design....
By explioting external
      networks
In other cases, external
 networks are used to
     increase brand
     awareness and
       sentiment...
•Where have you had a Coke lately?




“It was taken from the peak of the Iztaccihuatl, Mexico's third highest
   mountain. [At 5,230m... you can guess why was the bottle half-full! :-)]


“Les Grand Montets near Mont Blanc French Alps 3275m”

“NEVADO DEL TOLIMA KOLOMBIA 5.800 MTS...CHARLYTOONS”




                                                                              15
120 Photos of Your Next Coke…




                         16
5,800 Times of day to enjoy a Coke…




                          17
Or run customer
surveys under different
       shapes...
The different levels
         ofmitment
        com
Individuals show
 different levels of
commitment in co-
 creation practices
Role                  Activities                              Motivations to co-
                                                                                  crete and
                                                                            satisfaction drivers

  Visitor
                        visit, browsing, without high feedbac
                                                              k and        awareness and education
                        interaction with peers and company




 Tester
                        trial of products, services and solution
                                                                 s and    engagement and influence
                        interaction with the company and in
                                                               some
                        cases with community members




 Participant
                       contribution to discussions with com
                                                           munity         insight and engagement
                       members and company, comments and
                       voting




Creator
                      creation and personalisation for self
                                                                         uniqueness of the experience, quality
                                                                                                               of
                                                                         personal output


Collaborator
                      generation for self and for others, inst
                                                              ead of     influence and respect
                      company
The different kinds
 of community to
   support co-
individuals belonging to more
                                                      than a community
                individual                         link between different
                                                        communities
    individual
                  community
                                            individual
       individual              individual

                  individual                             individual
   individual                individual                                individual
                                            community
                individual                                individual
                                                                                  individual
individual                     individual
                                                      individual      community
             community
                             individual
                                          community      individual
                     individual
Different kind of
                         communities
       consumption subculture:
                                                     nature of the interactions
                   border line
                    subgroups
                                                      within the community
 value interpreted on the basis of local groups
       individual transformation process




                                                                 brand community:
                  neotribe:
                                                                       Marketing goal
          built around product or brand                      brand is the subject of the group
linking value is based on skills and competencies           brand is the core of conversations
   developed around products, services, brands      consciousness of kind linked to the right use of the
                                                                           brand
Community roles

     R&D                                             communication
                    production and   pre and post
                                                          and
                      distribution   sale services
    design                                             promotions




 communinty as             community as      community as
internal resource            consultant        promoter
Brand and company
 role in supporting
    different co-
       creation
    communities
Type of               Brand and                Expected co-
   community              company role             creation output

                           Provide contents              Awareness
   Brand community       Reward the right use of         Sentiment
                                 brand                Brand evangelists


                             Provide technical      Service amelioration
                                 support            Incremental product
Subculture of consumption
                            Show competence              innovation
                          Reward problem solving     Customer support

                                                   Brand re-interpretation
                         Brand democratisation
                                                     Product innovation
                         Acceptance of border
       Neotribe                                     New contexts of use
                             line behaviours
                                                     New meanings and
                            Ready to change
                                                           needs

Networkinnovation 2011

  • 1.
    Innovatio n through the explo of value itation networks Fabrizio Maria Pini Head of Marketing Programmes MIP Business School Politecnico of Milan
  • 2.
    Agenda • Call forco-creation: business model implications • The different levels of commitment • Defining the different kind of communities to support co-creation • Brand and company role in supporting different co-creation communities
  • 3.
    Call for co- creation:business model implications
  • 4.
    The role ofco-creation in defining company’s competitive advantage depends on the kind of business model that supports corporate strategies
  • 5.
  • 6.
    The distribution andinventory costs of businesses successfully applying this strategy allow them to realize significant profit out of selling small volumes of hard-to-find items to many customers instead of only selling large volumes of a reduced number of popular items. The total sales of this large number of "non-hit items" is called the Long Tail.
  • 8.
    Cost of servicesin customisation might erode inventory cost reductions
  • 9.
    Exploit co-creation toreduce cost of services
  • 10.
    The minimal incremental cost of inventory in long tail business models could also be exploited reducing cost of product ideation and design....
  • 11.
  • 14.
    In other cases,external networks are used to increase brand awareness and sentiment...
  • 15.
    •Where have youhad a Coke lately? “It was taken from the peak of the Iztaccihuatl, Mexico's third highest mountain. [At 5,230m... you can guess why was the bottle half-full! :-)] “Les Grand Montets near Mont Blanc French Alps 3275m” “NEVADO DEL TOLIMA KOLOMBIA 5.800 MTS...CHARLYTOONS” 15
  • 16.
    120 Photos ofYour Next Coke… 16
  • 17.
    5,800 Times ofday to enjoy a Coke… 17
  • 18.
    Or run customer surveysunder different shapes...
  • 23.
    The different levels ofmitment com
  • 24.
    Individuals show differentlevels of commitment in co- creation practices
  • 25.
    Role Activities Motivations to co- crete and satisfaction drivers Visitor visit, browsing, without high feedbac k and awareness and education interaction with peers and company Tester trial of products, services and solution s and engagement and influence interaction with the company and in some cases with community members Participant contribution to discussions with com munity insight and engagement members and company, comments and voting Creator creation and personalisation for self uniqueness of the experience, quality of personal output Collaborator generation for self and for others, inst ead of influence and respect company
  • 27.
    The different kinds of community to support co-
  • 28.
    individuals belonging tomore than a community individual link between different communities individual community individual individual individual individual individual individual individual individual community individual individual individual individual individual individual community community individual community individual individual
  • 29.
    Different kind of communities consumption subculture: nature of the interactions border line subgroups within the community value interpreted on the basis of local groups individual transformation process brand community: neotribe: Marketing goal built around product or brand brand is the subject of the group linking value is based on skills and competencies brand is the core of conversations developed around products, services, brands consciousness of kind linked to the right use of the brand
  • 30.
    Community roles R&D communication production and pre and post and distribution sale services design promotions communinty as community as community as internal resource consultant promoter
  • 31.
    Brand and company role in supporting different co- creation communities
  • 32.
    Type of Brand and Expected co- community company role creation output Provide contents Awareness Brand community Reward the right use of Sentiment brand Brand evangelists Provide technical Service amelioration support Incremental product Subculture of consumption Show competence innovation Reward problem solving Customer support Brand re-interpretation Brand democratisation Product innovation Acceptance of border Neotribe New contexts of use line behaviours New meanings and Ready to change needs

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