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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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
Sustainable Business Model Archetype – Sufficiency-Based Business Model
What might sustainable business models look like? The ‘sufficiency-based business model’ is about solutions that actively seek to reduce consumption and production: what if we bought less, bought stuff that lasts long, and looked after our stuff? What if businesses made it possible for its customers to do this? The proverb ‘I am not rich enough to […]
Strongly Sustainable Business Models: A Personal Perspective on a New Field of Practice and Research
Welcome This is [a repost of] my first post in the blog for the Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (SSBMG), an applied research group within OCAD U’s Strategic Innovation Lab in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [ The original post (made July 26, 2012) can be seen here and subsequent posts here]. The SSBMG group’s convener, Dr. Nabil Harfoush, has asked me, as a cofounder […]
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 […]
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 […]
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