The aim of this article is to theorise the business model innovation (BMI) phenomenon as we explore why and how BMI occurs, specifically to answer the question, What are the mechanisms involved? We evaluate extant research by adapting the context-intervention-mechanism-output framework, and adopting a mechanism-based theory building approach for synthesising our findings. This study makes three contributions: first, we enrich epistemology by adopting a process view as we show that BMI is a series of interdependent mechanisms. Second, we identify six mechanisms unique to the phenomenon. Third, we offer a prescient outlook of BMI change as a metatheory.

JEL Classifications: M10, O30, O31, O39

本文的目的是从理论上探讨业务模型创新（BMI）现象，并探讨BMI发生的原因和方式，特别是回答以下问题：涉及的机制是什么？我们通过调整情境干预机制输出框架，并采用基于机制的理论构建方法来综合研究结果，以评估现有的研究。这项研究做出了三点贡献：首先，我们通过采用过程视图来丰富认识论，因为我们表明BMI是一系列相互依赖的机制。其次，我们确定了现象独有的六种机制。第三，我们将BMI变化作为一种​​元理论提供了先见之明。

JEL分类：M10，O30，O31，O39