Author Archives: Florian Lüdeke-Freund
Two open positions for “Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Assessment (SUST-BMA)” R&D project at Leuphana University (Germany) (German version)
[An English posting will follow.] [Die offiziellen Ausschreibungen finden Sie hier.] Die Leuphana Universität Lüneburg sucht für das anwendungsorientierte Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekt „Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Assessment (SUST-BMA)“ zwei wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter. Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 19.02.2014. Die Stellenbesetzung wird vorbehaltlich der Zuweisung externer Mittel und Bewilligung des Projektantrages umgesetzt. Die/Der wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter/in arbeitet im Rahmen des Forschungs- und […]
New Licentiate Thesis on “Business Model Design For Strategic Sustainable Development”
César Levy França, PhD researcher at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden, recently published his Licentiate Thesis “Business Model Design for Strategic Sustainable Development”. César is working at the Department of Strategic Sustainable Development which is lead by Prof. Dr. Göran Bromann. Prof. Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, who founded The Natural Step back in 1989, is also working at this department. […]
Welcome Antony!
O Canada! Our team of authors is further growing and is getting more international. After having Australia (Susan) and Europe (e.g. Nancy and Peter) in our team, North America, i.e. Canada, did also join – welcome Antony Upward! I am happy to tell that the person who coined the term “Strongly Sustainable Business Model” is […]
New SBM PhD thesis on “Business Models for Sustainability Innovation”
On Friday, 13th December, SBM blogger Florian Lüdeke-Freund defended his cumulative PhD thesis “Business Models for Sustainability Innovation – Conceptual Foundations and the Case of Solar Energy”. Below you find a brief summary, an overview of the articles included in the thesis, and the defence presentation. The PhD thesis can be downloaded here: http://opus.uni-lueneburg.de/opus/volltexte/2014/14286/ Summary […]
Call for papers on social business models – Deadline 30 April 2014
The “Social Business” journal is seeking contributions that explore social business models. The guest editors, Alejandro Agafonow (ESSCA School of Management, France), Cam Donaldson (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK), and Thomas Hoerber (ESSCA School of Management, France) are inviting contributions that deal with the following issues: What are the implications of the spread of the social business model for economic […]
Video Introduction to the Business Model Canvas on Youtube
Incidentally, I came across a series of short videos explaining Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas in 18 minutes, including its elements, how to use it, how to innovate with it, how to test it … that is, the essentials of the Business Model Generation book. Six videos can be found on Youtube: Episode 1: Getting from Business […]
“Sustainable Business Models: Companies & The Great Transformation” – The Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) Annual Meeting 2013
The German Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) dedicated its annual meeting 2013 to “The Great Transformation” (WBGU, 2011). The meeting was held in Berlin on 20th and 21st November and was titled “Business Model Sustainability – Economy and Economic Promotion in The Great Transformation” (original title: “Geschäftsmodell Nachhaltigkeit – Wirtschaft und Wirtschaftsförderung in der […]
Survey – How to Make a World-Changing Best-Seller: “Strongly Sustainable Business Model Innovation”
Antony Upward, who drives the development of a global network of “Strongly Sustainable Business Model” researchers and practitioners, and colleagues from the “Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group” are running a survey to figure out how to best produce a toolkit and “book” to support “Strongly Sustainable Business Model Innovation“. Therefore, they are asking for YOUR […]
New Category on Nancy’s Blog: “Win-win-win business models”
Our “remote blogger” Dr. Nancy Bocken from the University of Cambridge added a new category to her personal blog: “Win-win-win business models” Currently, this category features three very interesting posts which also introduce some new SBM-related publications: Second hand clothing collection and sales at retail Sharing business models and using overcapacity Win-win-win sustainable business models Enjoy […]
New Book “Disrupt Together” features Chapter on “Developing Sustainable Business Models” by Nabil Harfoush
One reason to look forward to this year’s Christmas Eve might be the new book “Disrupt Together: How Teams Consistently Innovate” edited by Stephen Spinelli Jr. and Heather McGowan, which will be published on 10th December by Pearson/FT Press. According to Pearson/FT Press, the author team “… covers every facet of innovation, including design processes, team development, ethnography, […]
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