Category SBM Blog
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, […]
The “Value Mapping Tool” to Support Sustainable Business Modelling
Nancy Bocken, Lead Researcher at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, and her colleagues Samuel Short, Padmakshi Rana and Steve Evans recently published an article about “A value mapping tool for sustainable business modelling” in Corporate Governance (see SBM Literature). Nancy published a highly interesting introduction to the “Value Mapping Tool” on her own […]
New SBM blogger Peter Wells on his new book “Business Models for Sustainability”
It is a pleasure to announce that Peter Wells, Professor of Business and Sustainability at Cardiff Business School, joined our team of occasional SBM bloggers. Welcome Peter! Read Peter’s first blog post introducing his new book “Business Models for Sustainability“, the first monograph on this topic. “A brief Internet search under the term ‘sustainable business models’ yields […]
New book on “Business Models for Sustainability” by Peter Wells
Peter Wells, Professor of Business and Sustainability at Cardiff Business School, has written the first monograph ever on “Business Models for Sustainability” (192 pages) which will soon be available via Edward Elgar Publishing. See the publisher’s description here. According to this one very big online bookstore, Business Models for Sustainability will be available from 13th October […]
Welcome Liina!
SustainableBusinessModel.org has new active member: Liina Joller, Researcher and PhD Candidate at University of Tartu, Estonia, joined the team of active writers for this blog. Welcome! Read Liina’s introduction to herself: “I am currently in the process of writing my doctoral dissertation on eco-innovation in business models at University of Tartu in Estonia. Though the general principles are universal, […]
Business Model Track at the “Sustainable Innovation 2013” Conference, 4-5 November 2013, Surrey, UK
The upcoming “Sustainable Innovation 2013” conference has a special focus on “New Business Models”. The full title and venue are as follows: SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION 2013 Collaboration, Co-creation & New Business Models Part of the ‘Towards Sustainable Product Design’ series of conferences 18th International Conference 4th-5th November 2013 University for the Creative Arts Epsom, Surrey, UK 30 papers […]
Welcome Matthew!
SustainableBusinessModel.org has new active member: Dr. Matthew J. Hannon, Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, joined the team of active writers for this blog. Welcome! Read Matthew’s introduction to himself: “I have over the past few years become increasingly interested in the development and application of novel business models and how these might […]
The relevance of SBM research: Highly commended and top-ranked articles
The SBM community knows well that research on sustainable business models is urgently needed. But how about the broader community of sustainability (and mainstream) scholars? Common forms of acknowledging the quality and relevance of research are public recommendations and rankings. To my knowledge, five articles and one individual research project included in the open reference […]
Developing Theories of Business Models (Susan C. Lambert)
A post by Associate Professor Dr. Susan C. Lambert, University of South Australia, Business School Business model research has emerged from management, entrepreneurship, innovation, information systems and more recently sustainability schools of thought, each discipline bringing with it its own context specific perspective. Although there is some evidence of gravitation towards a consensus as to the […]
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