ELIXIR Report: Public data resources as business model for SMEs

This ELIXIR report describes companies whose business model is fundamentally based on selling services on top of public bioinformatics data. It presents the typical business model of these companies and the particular way in which they add value to public data through customisation, aggregation and through facilitating the discovery of public data. Furthermore, it describes the relationship these companies have with ELIXIR Core Data Resources, and the direct way in which they generate revenue, such as through consultancy services or developing bespoke software.