Mechanism
Oxidative Phosphorylation
TL;DR
Oxidative phosphorylation represents the 'marathon metabolism' in business: subscription models, recurring revenue, continuous value delivery.
Oxidative phosphorylation happens in the mitochondrial membrane. It uses those high-energy electrons to drive the production of most of your ATP - roughly 30-36 molecules per glucose, compared to just 2 from glycolysis alone. This is the marathon metabolism - slow but efficient.
Business Application of Oxidative Phosphorylation
Oxidative phosphorylation represents the 'marathon metabolism' in business: subscription models, recurring revenue, continuous value delivery. Slow but efficient. Microsoft's shift to Office 365 and Azure represents moving from glycolysis (license bursts) to oxidative phosphorylation (recurring subscriptions).