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Business
Cumali Kilic, Gaye Atilla
Summary: In the rapidly evolving business landscape, the Industry 4.0 revolution has reshaped industries and challenges prevailing business models. This research explores the interplay between Industry 4.0 technologies and organizational sustainability, providing valuable insights through real-world explorations and interviews. The findings serve as a guiding compass for businesses and decision-makers, offering clarity on potential benefits and challenges associated with Industry 4.0 adoption.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Matthew Coffay, Nancy Bocken
Summary: When firms aim for ambitious sustainability targets, they often struggle to innovate their business models to a more radical level. This study investigates how organizations can address organizational design issues to develop the dynamic capabilities necessary for sustainable business model innovation. The research method includes four stages and results in the development of the Sustainable By Design tool, which helps practitioners evaluate their organizational design, identify barriers and drivers for sustainable business model innovation, and engage in organizational transformation. This study contributes both a practical tool and theoretical insights for future research in the field of sustainable business models.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Joudi Dibsi, Jaeyoung Cho
Summary: Climate change is a global challenge and business leaders have a role to play in contributing to societal betterment while championing environmental conservation. However, challenges such as high costs and untapped potential of data need to be addressed. This study aims to provide actionable guidance for leaders to reassess their capabilities and adapt to external environments.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kay H. Hofmann, Axel Jacob, Massimo Pizzingrilli
Summary: In the past decade, there has been a rise in entrepreneurial ventures and small firms in the fashion industry that focus on sustainability. However, these companies often face significant challenges that hinder their growth or even cause business failure. The main challenges identified in this study include difficulties in communicating with consumers, resource constraints leading to operational friction, and the economic difficulty of sustainable sourcing and production in an industry focused on mass production and low costs. The study suggests managerial recommendations, such as collaborative approaches with stakeholders, to help sustainable fashion companies better manage their operations and achieve growth.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jon Williamsson, Gabriela Schaad, Anders Sandoff
Summary: Business schools face challenges to their legitimacy due to their dedication to sustainability. Teaching is a crucial aspect for building legitimacy, and the concept of the business model can help improve teaching by addressing the overreliance on theoretical models, the gap between academia and practice, and the development of academic silos. The use of the business model in sustainable management education helps students critically assess management theories and bridge the gap between theory and practice.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rocio Rodriguez, Goran Svensson, David Eriksson
Summary: The study focuses on the private healthcare sector, emphasizing the importance of quality in this field and its relationship with sustainable development, business models, and stakeholders. It assesses communication modes in private hospitals to meet the needs and expectations of stakeholders, aiming to achieve sustainable development.
Article
Business
Vincenzo Basile, Nunzia Capobianco, Roberto Vona
Summary: The management of offshore platforms at the end of their production phase involves technological, socioeconomic, ecological, and safety complexities. In the context of a circular economy, decommissioning or repurposing these platforms leads to new knowledge acquisition, changes in values, and behaviors aligned with sustainability. Multiuse platforms at sea offer a creative solution for developing marine infrastructures in harmony with environmental protection needs, including renewable energy, shellfish farming, decarbonization, tourism, and recreation.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Li-Min Chuang, Yu-Po Lee, Te-Hui Liu
Summary: This study examines pharmaceutical companies in the context of BMI, aiming to develop an SBM for the industry and validate the causal relationships of variables in such a business model. Through purposive sampling and questionnaire issuance to 12 companies, the research consists of four studies: construction of dimensional conceptualization, process development, unique BM construction, and model validation.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sebastian Schroedel
Summary: Humanity's consumption exceeds nature's capacity for regeneration, and companies must innovate their business models for sustainability. Despite obstacles like dominant logics, sustainable business model patterns can guide companies towards environmentally friendly practices. This publication aims to provide a comprehensive collection of these patterns, addressing the research's scattered and overlapping nature through a literature review and database construction to enable sustainable business innovation.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Iqra Sadaf Khan, Muhammad Ovais Ahmad, Jukka Majava
Summary: This research investigates the interconnections between Industry 4.0, innovation, and sustainability, and finds that a combination of Industry 4.0 technologies and different types of innovations can contribute to sustainable development, including advancing triple bottom line sustainability, circular economy, sustainable business models, and achieving sustainable development goals.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Textiles
Jin Su, Anne Mitchell Wood, Vidyaranya B. Gargeya
Summary: This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the passion and challenges faced by entrepreneurs in developing sustainable apparel businesses guided by the Triple Bottom Line theory. Qualitative data was collected through personal interviews with the research goal of providing a thematic description of the experience of sustainable apparel entrepreneurs. The study identified four themes related to entrepreneurial passion and three themes concerning the challenges facing sustainable apparel entrepreneurs, expanding the existing apparel literature from an entrepreneurship perspective.
JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE
(2022)
Article
Business
Monica Cavalcanti Sa de Abreu, Fabiana Nogueira Holanda Ferreira, Joao F. Proenca, Domenico Ceglia
Summary: This paper investigates how sustainable solutions in the textiles and clothing industry are determined through business-to-business collaboration. The study in the Brazilian textiles and clothing industry reveals factors that contribute to sustainable business performance, including corporate policies, sustainable product-service systems, stakeholder relations, and business models for sustainability. It highlights the importance of collaborative efforts in generating positive economic, social, and ecological value in order to establish credibility and strategic positioning in the value network.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL MARKETING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Siavash H. Khajavi
Summary: The clothing industry is a major contributor to pollution and waste generation, releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases. This study examines sustainability issues in the industry from a lifecycle perspective, focusing on new business models enabled by additive manufacturing technology. Through analyzing current AM applications in other industries and current fashion trends, three potential NBMs, including clothing as a service, collaborative consumption, and direct sale/distribution, were identified for improving sustainability in the fashion industry.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Henrik Barth, Pia Ulvenblad, Per-Ola Ulvenblad, Maya Hoveskog
Summary: This study examines the development of sustainable business models in the agricultural sector in Sweden, identifying eight archetypes and focusing on technological, social, and organizational innovation components. The research shows that Swedish agri-food companies have various options for sustainable business models, with significant differences in organizational innovation component among different regions. The findings suggest new opportunities for value creation and competitive advantage in the agricultural sector.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Agnieszka Skala
Summary: This paper discusses the engineering and management innovations in sustainability-oriented transport and mobility solutions, primarily adopted by ambitious and dynamic startups. By studying about 200 transport-oriented startups, the paper analyzes and maps the business models of sustainability-oriented transport and mobility startups and finds that hardware startups contribute more to greening the transportation and mobility sector.
Article
Business
Erik G. Hansen, Florian Luedeke-Freund, Xiaohong Iris Quan, Joel West
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Andres Alcayaga, Melanie Wiener, Erik G. Hansen
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Markus Gall, Melanie Wiener, Cintia Chagas de Oliveira, Reinhold W. Lang, Erik G. Hansen
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Erik G. Hansen, Ferdinand Revellio
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Business
Simon Norris, Julia Hagenbeck, Stefan Schaltegger
Summary: The existing literature on sustainable business models emphasizes value creation through resources exchanged in relationships between a company and its stakeholders. While this focus has been on direct relationships, the importance of sustainability issues in supply chains has not been extended to indirect relationships with stakeholders of suppliers. This article proposes a framework to manage value-creating relationships between a firm, its suppliers, and stakeholders of suppliers, beyond just direct relationships.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Management
Erik G. Hansen, Samuel Wicki, Stefan Schaltegger
Summary: This article uses a case study of a conventional high-tech firm to explore the relationship between managerial values of universalism and organizational sustainability-oriented exploration and diversification. The study reveals that changes in organizational design and managerial values ultimately led to exploration failure.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Simon Norris
Summary: Sustainable business models go beyond creating value solely for customers and also consider other stakeholders and the natural environment. This article examines different frames for translating stakeholder value into consumer value, including functional, emotional, social, and cost-related value. Based on the analysis of 17 cases, seven coexisting frames are identified, highlighting the importance of emotional and social value in sustainable business models. This article contributes to a better understanding of value and the translation of stakeholder value for consumers by distinguishing between self-related and self-transcendent translations.
ORGANIZATION & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Erik G. Hansen, Julia C. Schmitt
Summary: The circular economy and cradle to cradle design principles revolve around the idea of circulating healthy materials, but organizations face barriers in implementing cradle-to-cradle product innovation. The application of innovation community theory helps to explain how these barriers can be overcome, enhancing the promotion of the innovation process.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Business
Marcus Wagner, Stefan Schaltegger, Erik G. Hansen, Klaus Fichter
Summary: This study examines the transformation of state universities into institutions playing a societal role in sustainable regional and economic development, focusing on their support for sustainable entrepreneurship and its effects on regional development. Findings suggest that different configurations, pathways, and intervention points of universities may equally contribute to improving sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems, depending on the regional context.
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Business
Erik G. Hansen, Samuel Wicki, Stefan Schaltegger
Article
Business
Samuel Wicki, Erik G. Hansen
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Management
Nizar Abdelkafi, Erik G. Hansen
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURING
(2018)
Article
Business
Erik G. Hansen, Stefan Schaltegger
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2018)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)