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The business model (BM) concept emerged in theory and practice without a consensus on the understanding of the concept, but it has become a well accepted and useful construct in fields such as strategy, organization, information systems and technology.

This paper aims to provide an overview of the research on the use of the BMs focusing on outstanding works in this field, extracting the main findings unburdened of mind-paralysing lists of citations. Following the overview, a comparison of the six respective conceptual frameworks of the BM research is presented.