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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508430903321

Titolo

Business models for sustainability transitions : how organisations contribute to societal transformation / / editors, Annabeth Aagaard, Florian Lüdeke-Freund, Peter Wells

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-77580-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXIII, 368 p. 23 illus. :)

Disciplina

658.408

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business

Industries - Social aspects

Sustainable development

Industrial management - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword: A Transitions Perspective -- Foreword: A Business Models Perspective -- References -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction to Business Models for Sustainability Transitions -- 1  Why a Book on Business Models for Sustainability Transitions? -- 2  Business Model for Sustainability Perspective -- 3  Sustainability Transitions Perspective -- 4  Business Model Innovation and Sustainability Transitions -- 5  The 'Spiral' of Business Models for Sustainability Transitions -- 6  Themes and Chapters Contained in This Book -- 7  Summary and Outlook -- References -- Part I: Crossing the Chasm: Integrating Business Model and Sustainability Transition Perspectives -- Transformative Business and Sustainability Transitions: A Framework and an Empirical Illustration -- 1  Introduction -- 1.1  Sustainable Business Models -- 1.2  Sustainability Transitions -- 1.3  Transformative Business Model Framework -- 2  Methods -- 2.1  Transition Pathways for the Dutch Agri-Food System -- 2.2  Business Cases -- 2.3  Analysis -- 3  Results -- 3.1  Added Value with and for the Countryside -- 3.1.1 Business Cases -- 3.1.2



Transformative Business Model Ideal Type -- 3.1.3 Transformative Potential of "Added Value" Businesses -- 3.2  More Sustainable Food Production -- 3.2.1 Business Cases -- 3.2.2 Transformative Business Model Ideal Type -- 3.2.3 Transformative Potential of "More Sustainable" Production Businesses -- 4  Discussion -- References -- The Networked Business Model for Systems Change: Integrating a Systems Perspective in Business Model Development for Sustainability Transitions -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Importance of a Systems Perspective in Business Model Design for Sustainability Transitions -- 2.1  Business Models for Sustainability -- 2.2  Transition Studies, System-Building and Business Models.

2.3  'Networked Business Models' Essential for System Change -- 3  Interconnected Business Models Needed at Company and Network Level -- 3.1  Networked Business Model for System-Building -- 3.2  Interrelatedness of Firm-Centred Business Models and the Networked Business Model -- 4  Illustrative Cases -- 5  Conclusion -- References -- Sustainable Value Creation for Advancing Sustainability Transition: An Approach to Integrate Company- and System-Level Sustainability -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Theoretical Foundation -- 2.1  Integrating Company- and System-Level Sustainability Through Sustainable Business Model Research -- 2.2  Key Concepts in Sustainable Business Model Research -- 2.3  Sustainable Value Creation for Advancing Sustainability Transition -- 3  Research Design -- 4  Adopting a Sustainable Value Creation Approach -- 4.1  Place Your Business into a System-Level Context and Define System Boundaries -- 4.2  Define What System-Level Sustainability Means to Your Business and Set a Final Goal -- 4.3  Create a Common Understanding of a Sustainable Future Through the Concrete Targets and Build Your Own Value Creation Processes Sustainably -- 4.4  Focus on Sustainable Value Outcomes and Pay Attention to the Negative Consequences of Value Creation -- 4.5  Commit to System-Level Sustainability Targets and Identify the Value Capturing Potential to Enhancing Virtuous Circles -- 5  Discussion and Conclusion -- 5.1  Managerial and Policy Implications -- 5.2  Limitations and Future Research -- References -- Building BoP Business Models for Sustainable Poverty Alleviation: System Tips and System Traps -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Business Models at the Bottom of the Pyramid -- 3  Applying Multi-Level Perspective at the Bottom of the Pyramid -- 3.1  Potential Roles of Business Models in Sustainability Transitions -- 3.2  Methods and Data.

4  System Traps as Sources of Sustainability Misalignment for BoP Business Models -- 5  Potential Roles for Different Types of BoP Business Models in Sustainability Transition -- 5.1  Delivering Models -- 5.2  Sourcing Models -- 5.3  Reorganising Models -- 5.3.1 Designing BoP Business Models to Avoid System Traps and Align to Sustainability Transitions -- 5.4  Business Model Design Principles to Address Specific System Traps -- 5.5  Universal Sustainability Enablers for BoP Business Models -- 6  Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Beyond Business-as-Usual: Alternative Value Creation Logics Driving Sustainability Transitions -- The Business Model of Enough: Value Creation for Sufficiency-Oriented Businesses -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Sufficiency for Sustainability -- 3  Introducing Social Practice Theory -- 4  An Ideal-Type Business Model for Sufficiency -- 4.1  A Practice-Theoretical View on Business Models -- 4.2  A Practice-Theoretical Framework for Sufficiency-Oriented Business Models -- 5  Impacts of the Business Model of Enough -- 5.1  Communities of Sufficiency Practices -- 5.2  Practice-Based Institutional Change -- 5.3  Spillover Effects for Sustainability Transitions -- 6  Conclusion -- References -- Collaborative Business Models and Platforms in Shared



Mobility Transitions: The Case of Bikeshare Integration -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Methods -- 3  Results -- 3.1  Systematic Review of CBM Literature -- 3.1.1 Group 1: Collaboration Refers to Practices That Occur Between Organisations -- 3.1.2 Group 2: Collaboration Refers to One Organisation's Key Activity or Sector -- 3.1.3 Group 3: Collaboration Refers to a Kind of BM That Is Analytically Distinct from the BMC -- 3.1.4 CBMs, Commons and the City -- 3.1.5 Balancing Competition and Collaboration: CBMs and Platform Competition -- 3.2  MaaS Platforms: Competition, Collaboration and the Commons.

3.3  Case Studies -- 3.3.1 The Deelfietsdashboard (Rotterdam and Other Cities, NL) -- 3.3.2 Antwerp Marketplace for Mobility (Antwerp, BE) -- 3.3.3 Whim Helsinki (Helsinki, FI) -- 4  Discussion -- 5  Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research -- Addendum: Interviews -- Interview Protocols -- List of Interviews, Presentations or Meetings, and Grey Literature Sources Per Case -- References -- Upscaling Sustainable Niches: How a User Perspective of Organizational Value Logics Can Help Translate Between Niche and System -- 1  Upscaling of Sustainable Niches: The Dilemma Faced by Sustainable Entrepreneurs -- 2  Organizational Value Logics as Conceptual Link Between Sustainable Niches and Regime Structures -- 2.1  From Business Models to Organizational Value Logics -- 2.2  User Perspective of Organizational Value Logics for a Better Understanding of Upscaling -- 3  The Users' Perspective on the Organizational Value Logic of Utopiastadt -- 3.1  The Case of Utopiastadt -- 3.2  Results: Narratives Reflecting the Conflicting Logics Faced by Utopiastadt -- 4  Discussion and Further Research on Organizational Value Logics in Sustainability Transitions -- References -- Part III: Being the Change: Transformative and Transformed Business Models in Selected Industries -- IoT-Driven Reuse Business Models: The Case of Salesianer Textile Rental Services -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Literature Background -- 2.1  Circular Economy -- 2.2  The Performance Economy -- 2.3  Transitioning Towards a Service-Oriented CE -- 2.4  Smart Products and the IoT as Enablers -- 3  Method -- 4  Case Study: Salesianer Miettex -- 4.1  Case Overview -- 4.2  Smart Reuse of Fast-Cycling Goods -- 4.3  Smart Maintenance and Repair -- 4.4  (Smart) Recycling -- 4.5  Smart Feedback into Procurement (and Product Design) -- 4.6  Case Summary.

5  Discussion: The Role of Smart Rental Textiles in the Transition to a Circular Economy -- 5.1  Making Reuse Business Models Outperform Single Use -- 5.2  Digital Technologies as Enablers of Circular Innovation -- References -- Business Models for Smart Sustainability: A Critical Perspective on Smart Homes and Sustainability Transitions -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Theoretical Foundations -- 3  Methodology -- 4  Company and Business Context -- 5  Sustainability Value as Visibility -- 6  Home as Sacred -- 7  Networked Responsibilities -- 8  Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Business Models for Energy Efficiency Services: Four Archetypes Based on User-Centeredness and Dynamic Capabilities -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Theoretical Framework -- 2.1  Service-Based Business Models and Sustainability -- 2.2  Dynamic Capabilities for Service-Based Business Models -- 3  Methodology -- 4  Results: Business Model Archetypes in EES -- 4.1  BM1: Pushing Technology Harder -- 4.2  BM2: Reframing What You Propose -- 4.3  BM3: Pushing Something Else-The Use Phase Model -- 4.4  BM4: Servicing Model -- 5  Discussion and Conclusions -- 5.1  The Road to Becoming More User Centered and Service Oriented -- 5.2  Clues to Potential Success Factors -- 5.3  Implications for Management, Policy and for Further Research -- Appendix -- References -- Reverse Logistics Process



for Business Transitions: An Example from the Clothing Industry -- 1  Introduction -- 1.1  The Role of Sustainability Transitions -- 1.2  The Role of Business and Industries for Sustainability Transitions -- 2  New Business Models: Going Beyond the Traditional Scope of the Firms -- 2.1  New Business Models for the Sustainability Transition -- 2.2  The Use of a Life-Cycle Perspective -- 2.3  Going Beyond Boundaries with Open Innovation Networks.

3  The Case: Going Beyond the Traditional Scope in the Clothing Industry.