Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Moritz Ehrtmann, Lars Holstenkamp, Timon Becker
Summary: Community energy actors are crucial in fostering sustainable innovation in the renewable energy market, especially as they innovate their business models to enter the electricity retail market. Through cooperation with professional marketing partners, they have developed three distinctive regional electricity business models, with opportunities and challenges in their implementation. These collaborations create new value propositions and business networks, supporting sustainable innovation and learning in the post-FiT era.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ulf Stein, Benedict Bueb, Gabrielle Bouleau, Gaele Rouille-Kielo
Summary: Digital solutions play an increasingly important role in water management, supporting decision-making and process automation. They have the potential to promote sustainability and contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. However, there is limited evidence on the relevance and effectiveness of such solutions in raising public awareness about water management issues and the impact of governance settings. This paper presents insights from case studies in Paris and Berlin, exploring the potential of digital solutions to make urban water management visible to the public and increase awareness about specific issues.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Cong Cheng, Limin Wang
Summary: Digital innovation (DI) has attracted considerable attention in the literature, yet empirical evidence on its impact on business model innovation (BMI) is limited. This study uses a fuzzy-set approach to explore the configurations of DI attributes and IT infrastructure capability in Chinese manufacturing and service firms, revealing different pathways through which DI attributes promote BMI. Additionally, the study identifies representative configurations of DI attributes and IT infrastructure capability that facilitate BMI, contributing to a better understanding of the complex interaction effects between DI attributes and IT infrastructure capability.
Article
Environmental Studies
Tamas Wells, Vanessa Lamb
Summary: This article examines the application of post-political concepts in an Asian context through the case of planning for New Yangon City in Myanmar, highlighting the role of utopian visions in depoliticization and dissent limitation. The study emphasizes the importance of attention to processes of depoliticization in mega project planning in Asia, advocating for robust engagement with critiques and promise of the notion of post-politics in studies of urban development.
Article
Business
Yunxia Shu, Nanxin Deng, Yuming Wu, Shuming Bao, Ao Bie
Summary: Most countries are adopting smart cities as an urban governance policy to improve the urban ecological environment and reduce carbon emissions. This study evaluates the impact of a smart city pilot on carbon emissions through technological innovation and industrial structure upgrading. The findings show that smart cities significantly reduce carbon emissions, providing empirical evidence for developing countries on achieving carbon emission reduction through smart cities and policy implications for sustainable urban governance.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Geography
Theresa Enright, Kevin Ward
Summary: Urban infrastructure governance has become crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, as highlighted in its role as a pandemic condition, vulnerability, and response. Future academic work needs to focus on the continued importance of governing urban infrastructures in a world where COVID-19 and its impacts are likely to persist.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Barbara Brenner, Daria Drdla
Summary: This article conducts a systematic literature review to identify the types of innovations that contribute to the transformation of sustainable and circular business models. It also highlights a research gap and suggests avenues for future research.
Article
Business
Nadine Bachmann, Herbert Jodlbauer
Summary: Business model innovation (BMI) is challenging for incumbents as it requires leveraging existing capabilities, market knowledge, and stakeholder relationships. Continuous innovation in response to changing market conditions and customer needs is crucial for long-term success. However, there is a lack of an integrated and detailed process model for incumbents' highly challenging BMI process.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yingling Fan, Scott Orford, Philip Hubbard
Summary: COVID-19 has brought sudden and dramatic impacts on the organization and governance of urban life, leading to fundamentally new understandings of urban public health. We emphasize the association between pandemics and minority and vulnerable groups, both in the past and present. We document the emergence of participatory, community-led responses to the pandemic and the promise of more inclusive urban policies characterized by self-organization. We argue for public health policies to be mindful of local contingencies and strive for healthier cities for all, rather than solely protecting the health of the wealthy few.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Jussan Knupp Ribeiro, Giovanna Miceli Ronzani Borille, Mauro Caetano, Evandro Jose da Silva
Summary: Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a promising transportation solution that utilizes electric aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities to improve urban mobility in large cities. This study examines the feasibility of repurposing existing aerodrome and heliport infrastructure for UAM operations, using spatial analysis methods in the Sa & SIM;o Paulo metropolitan region in Brazil. The results show that the existing infrastructure holds significant potential for efficient and sustainable urban transportation.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Sjaak Wolfert, Cor Verdouw, Lan van Wassenaer, Wilfred Dolfsma, Laurens Klerkx
Summary: This paper presents an empirically informed framework for analysing and designing viable, sustainable digital innovation ecosystems in the agri-food domain. The research is based on a series of European large-scale public-private innovation projects that involved hundreds of stakeholders and developed numerous digital solutions forming a digital innovation ecosystem for agri-food. The results indicate that the effective use of appropriate IT in agri-food requires considering stakeholders in both their technological and business environment, and the development of a 'minimal viable ecosystem' necessitates significant investment and potential government intervention.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Business
Matthias Filser, Sascha Kraus, Matthias Breier, Ioanna Nenova, Kaisu Puumalainen
Summary: Business model innovation is a hot topic in management research, with a solid foundation established over the past 20 years. A bibliometric analysis of core literature and research clusters has identified three future trends in the field, focusing on sustainability, dynamic capabilities, and small- and medium-sized enterprises.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Suresh Kumar Sharma, A. Seetharaman, K. Maddulety
Summary: Administrators of urban water institutions face challenges in ensuring water rights and security for citizens amidst expanding cities. Sustainable water management systems help control the gap between water demand and supply, creating hybrid systems in Indian cities. Sustainable urban water management relies on local and global factors including governance, technology, water economics, and infrastructure.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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
Dihui Han, Jan Konietzko, Marc Dijk, Nancy Bocken
Summary: This study identifies seven external factors and six adaptation strategies for launching circular service business models (CSBMs) in different countries, based on interviews with eight internationally operating companies. It contributes to the understanding of CSBM design and provides guidance for practitioners and policymakers.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
