We are pleased to inform you that the final version of the special issue of Organization & Environment on “Business Models for Sustainability – Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Transformation” (Vol. 29, Issue 1)  has been published in March 2016.

Many contributions of this special issue are already listed among the top most downloaded O&E articles. The editorial article, which discusses the origins, present research and future avenues of BMfS, is offered with open access.

Special issue: http://oae.sagepub.com/content/29/1.toc

Editorial article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1086026615599806

The special issue contains the following articles:

• Schaltegger, S.; Hansen, E. & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (2016): Business Models for Sustainability: Origins, Present Research, and Future Avenues, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 3-10, DOI
• Roome, N. & Louche, C. (2016): Journeying Toward Business Models for Sustainability: A Conceptual Model Found Inside the Black Box of Organisational Transformation, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 11-35, DOI
• Wells, P. (2016): Economies of Scale Versus Small Is Beautiful: A Business Model Approach Based on Architecture, Principles and Components in the Beer Industry, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 36-52, DOI
• Randles, S. & Laasch, O. (2016): Theorising the Normative Business Model, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 53-73, DOI
• Abdelkafi, N. & Täuscher, K. (2016): Business Models for Sustainability From a System Dynamics Perspective, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 74-96, DOI
• Upward, A. & Jones, P. (2016): An Ontology for Strongly Sustainable Business Models: Defining an Enterprise Framework Compatible With Natural and Social Science, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 97-123, DOI
• Gauthier, C. & Gilomen, B. (2016): Business Models for Sustainability: Energy Efficiency in Urban Districts, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 124-144, DOI