Author Archives: Florian Lüdeke-Freund
Working Definitions of “Sustainable Business Model” & “Business Model for Sustainability”
by Florian Lüdeke-Freund Research on “sustainable business models” (SBM) and “business models for sustainability” (BMfS) is gaining momentum and shows first traits of a field in its own right (Lüdeke-Freund & Dembek, 2017). An important questions in this area is: How to define a “sustainable business model” or “business model for sustainability”?* Such a definition […]
The ISPIM 2014 Sustainable Business Model “Package”
The XXV ISPIM Conference (Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 June 2014) focuses on “Innovation for Sustainable Economy & Society”. ISPIM is The International Society for Professional Innovation Management which, of course, pays a lot of attention to business model-related topics in research and practice. Screening the currently available ISPIM 2014 conference program shows that sustainable business models […]
Welcome Erik!
SustainableBusinessModel.org (aka blog.SSBMG.com) is growing: Prof. Dr. Erik G. Hansen joined our blogger team. Welcome! Here is a short introduction to Erik: Erik is Visiting Professor of Energy Transition Management at the Innovation Incubator, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany, and is associated to the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM). His main research fields are sustainability-oriented […]
Deadline extended! Call for papers on social business models – New deadline 31st May 2014
Dear readers and authors, this a message from our colleague Alejandro concerning the planned “Social Business” special issue on “The Social Business Model”. You can read the original post here. Dear colleagues, This concerns Westburn Publishers’ special issue: UNVEILING THE ECONOMIC RATIONALE BEHIND THE SOCIAL BUSINESS MODEL, that I am guest editing with a group […]
Postdoc fellow in Business Models for Sustainability – Job Wageningen UR – Deadline 9th April 2014
AcademicTransfer recently published a really interesting job posting for a postdoc fellowship (original source: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/WUR/vacancy/22319/lang/en/): Job description For a project on business models for climate smart innovations in the agricultural sector, funded by KiC-Climate, we are looking for an ambitious post-doctoral fellow interested in the field of sustainable entrepreneurship in general and business models for […]
Why are business models important for sustainability innovations? Because they are “the flexible thing in the middle”!
During my PhD defense one of my supervisors (to whom I am really thankful!) asked this question: Okay, what you are saying is that business models are the ‘flexible thing in the middle,’ and that’s why they are important for the success of sustainability innovations. So, that’s all? Um, yes. Hm. To be honest, I […]
Deadline Extended! Call for Papers on “Business Models for Sustainability”
Organization & Environment has extended the submission deadline for contributions to the planned special issue on “Business Models for Sustainability”! The new deadline is 31st March 2014. Important resources: CfP published by Organization & Environment Original post on the BCfS special issue Organization & Environment journal website Further O&E calls for papers
Happy New Year!
With regard to publications on sustainable business models, 2014 has just begun. One journal article (by our blog team member Nancy Bocken) and two reports published in early 2014 were added to our open reference list.* These are the first publications added in 2014. Interestingly, they all provide broader overviews of sustainable business model and innovation approaches: […]
The glass is half empty: Business model innovation reduces consumption levels on average by 50%.
Originally posted on Designing better business:
In the quest to reduce the environmental burden of our industrial production and mass consumption society, we begin to focus our attention on current business models. For the past 20 years, researchers have been pointing to systems’ innovation. Bringing both ideas together in business model innovation is thought to…
Two open positions for “Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Assessment (SUST-BMA)” R&D project at Leuphana University (Germany) (English summary)
Leuphana University of Lüneburg offers two research assistant positions for the applied R&D project „Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Assessment (SUST-BMA)“. Application deadline is 19 February 2014. The official job postings can be found here – in German only. Please note that the project will be conducted in Germany, i.e. some knowledge of the German language is required. […]
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