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Call for Extended Abstracts for a Journal of Cleaner Production Special Issue on “Embracing the Variety of Sustainable Business Models” – Deadline 1st June 2016

Special Issue Topics This Special Issue is designed to contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms behind sustainable business models, which help to ensure sustainable solutions to social and environmental issues. This Special Issue team solicits a wide variety of sustainable business models, originated by (social) entrepreneurs, (non) profit organizations, sector related or governmental […]

ISPIM Special Interest Group Workshop: “GAMIFICATION in INNOVATION”

ISPIM Special Interest Group Workshop: GAMIFICATION in INNOVATION, Berlin, 10-11 March 2016 Gamification is increasingly used as a way to make serious strategic decisions and as a technique to develop new business models. This workshop is organised as part of ISPIM’s Special Interest Group on Teaching & Coaching Innovation. Various speakers will share their experience […]

Sustainable Business Models in Building Long-Term Value (Adam Jabłoński)

by Adam Jabłoński Sustainable Business Models in Building Long-Term Value, Taking their Corporate Social Responsibility into Account This blog post is a summary of the main results of Adam’s extensive research on sustainable business models. His book is currently available in Polish only (reference see below). Therefore, this post and attached PDF offer an English […]

Welcome Adam!

Our team of authors is further growing and is getting more international. A new blogger from Poland joined our team – welcome Adam Jabłoński! Take a look at our growing team … Adam is Assistant Professor in The Department of Management, University of Dąbrowa Górnicza (Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej), Poland. He holds a […]

Preview: NBS-SA Research on Sustainable Business Models for Shared Value

The Network for Business Sustainability (NBS), a non-profit organisation founded in Canada in 2005, and its regional affiliate Network for Business Sustainability South Africa (NBS-SA) called for an academic review of sustainable business models for shared value creation. This review project is led by SBM blogger Florian Lüdeke-Freund in cooperation with Nancy Bocken, Lorenzo Massa, […]

Update: Special Issue “Business Models for Sustainability” – Articles Available

Organization & Environment published the articles that will be contained in the Special Issue on “Business Models for Sustainability: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation” (Schaltegger, Hansen & Lüdeke-Freund) as online-first versions. A full introduction to the Special Issue and an Essay by the Guest Editors on “Business Models for Sustainability: Origins, Present Research, and Future Avenues” […]

Special Issue “Business Models for Sustainability” – First Articles Available

Organization & Environment has started to publish some of the articles that will be contained in the Special Issue on “Business Models for Sustainability: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation” (Schaltegger, Hansen & Lüdeke-Freund) as online-first versions. The following articles are already available. A full introduction to the Special Issue will follow, once it is complete; two […]

Online Conference on Leadership, Governance, and Business Models for Social Ventures (26 June to 2 July)

Dear SBM Friends, please find below an invitation for an online conference from our colleagues Chris Dembek and Fyodor Ovchinnikov … Dear colleagues, If your area of research or practice touches the emerging field of social ventures that leverage unconventional types of leadership, governance, business models and ownership, we are cordially inviting you to join […]

Special issue on “New Business Models for Sustainable Fashion” published by the Journal of Corporate Citizenship

by Kerli Kant Hvass Where lie new opportunities for clothing businesses to innovate for sustainable consumption? What are the barriers and potentials for developing sustainable business models experienced by the ‘Davids’ as well as the ‘Goliaths’ within the fashion industry? Can a resell of a fashion brand’s own product facilitate business model adaption towards sustainability? […]

Calls for Abstracts – Sustainable Business Model Workshops at GCP&SC Conference 2015

This is a last minute tip for two calls for abstracts for business model-focused workshops to be held at the Global Cleaner Production & Sustainable Consumption Conference, 1-4 November 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The first workshop focuses on “Social Entrepreneurship as a Vehicle for Sustainability”, the second deals with “Sustainable Enterprise Business Models in Emerging Markets”. […]