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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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