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In this white paper, experts from science and practice share their knowledge of product repair. Repair is an important pillar of the circular economy as it is more efficient to repair a product than to completely dismantle or destroy it and recycle the materials. European legislation promoting repair is in the process of being adopted.<br/>book 2023
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Doherty, Edelle (author), Brychkov, Dmitry (author), Romero Herrera, N.A. (author), McLoughlin, Eilish (author), Roudil, Nadine (author), Smit, Sander (author), Maas, Stefan (author), Gauthier, Florence (author), Clifford, Eoghan (author), Delmonte, Branca Arthur (author)Schools are learning communities where multiple stakeholders can collaborate to learn about energy efficiency, including via formal curricula, non-formal learning and day-to-day practices. Furthermore, by improving energy literacy among building occupants, the energy efficiency of schools can be improved. However, turning schools into learning...conference paper 2022
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Geissdoerfer, Martin (author), Savaget, Paulo (author), Bocken, Nancy (author), Hultink, H.J. (author)Business model innovation is increasingly seen as a key competitive factor in B2B settings. In this context, prototyping, experimentation, and piloting have gained prominence as agile and resourceful methods that can be employed in business model innovation pursuits. Yet, despite increasing interest in this area, and the growing number of...journal article 2022
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Kamp, L.M. (author), Meslin, T.A.J. (author), Khodaei, H. (author), Ortt, J.R. (author)It is important for companies to be able to make their business models dynamic. This enables them to adapt to changing circumstances and remain viable. The aim of this paper is to combine insights from the literature on business models and business model dynamics into a comprehensive dynamic business model framework. The framework that is...journal article 2021
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Okur, Ö. (author), Heijnen, P.W. (author), Lukszo, Z. (author)Flexibility coming from consumers in residential and service sectors has received significant attention to deal with uncertainty and variability of renewable energy sources. Since these consumers are too small individually to participate in the electricity markets, their assets can be pooled by an aggregator. The aggregator can implement...review 2021
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Susha, I. (author), Flipsen, M. (author), Agahari, W. (author), de Reuver, Mark (author)Data has become a core asset, as well as a “management fashion”, of our time. It brings about unprecedented opportunities for data-driven decision making and innovation in various spheres of public life. This concerns data held by governments, as well as companies, academic institutions, non-profits, and citizens. In our study we investigate a...conference paper 2020
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Okur, Ö. (author), Heijnen, P.W. (author), Lukszo, Z. (author)Aggregators are considered essential to obtain flexibility from small residential and service sector consumers. They can implement business models by trading flexibility from their consumers' assets in various electricity markets. The aim of this paper is to identify challenges faced by aggregators with different roles, while implementing...conference paper 2020
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Elmustapha, Houda (author), Hoppe, T. (author)Although business models presumably have a prominent role in socio-technical change remarkably little research has been conducted in this domain, more particularly in the context of developing economies. In this paper, we tap into this knowledge gap and study business model components and the challenges they face. We argue that the market...journal article 2020
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), van Dijk, Ruben (author), Michavila, Jaime (author), Arenas, Eva (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Pumped irrigation is a way to intensify smallholder production. In this context, the Dutch company aQysta has developed the Barsha pump (BP), the first-ever commercial version of the spiral pumps. BPs, however, face several constraints that affect the decision-making and access of smallholders to this and other agricultural technologies, and...journal article 2020
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Konietzko, J.C. (author), Baldassarre, B.R. (author), Brown, P.D. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Hultink, H.J. (author)Circular business model experiments may help firms transition towards a circular economy. Little is known about how the participants of experimentation – entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, innovation managers – develop and test their assumptions during the experimentation process to achieve more circular outcomes. Using a design-science approach,...journal article 2020
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Tunn, V.S.C. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), van den Hende, E.A. (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author)Combining sustainable consumption with the circular economy concept could help tackle challenges, such as resource scarcity and climate change by reducing resource throughput and increasing cycling of products and materials within the economic system, thereby reducing emissions and virgin material use. To achieve sustainable consumption in a...journal article 2019
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Liao, F. (author), Molin, E.J.E. (author), Timmermans, Harry (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)Successful market penetration of electric vehicles may not only rely on the characteristics of the technology but also on the business models available on the market. This study aims to assess and quantify consumer preferences for business models in the context of Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption. In particular, we explore the impact of...journal article 2019
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van Duin, Ron (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Hendriks, Birgit (author), He, Yunzhu (author)Five years ago the project Cargo Hitching started with the goal to use the unused capacity of public transport passenger vehicles for freight and parcel transport. Like many new city logistics initiatives it is a difficult challenge to setup a profitable private business model. A rural pilot project was developed in the East of the Netherlands,...journal article 2019
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Manninen, Kaisa (author), Koskela, Sirkka (author), Antikainen, Riina (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Dahlbo, Helena (author), Aminoff, Anna (author)The circular economy (CE) can be a driver for sustainability and CE can be promoted and supported by the creation of new and innovative business models, which embed CE principles into their value propositions throughout the value chains. This study focuses on the environmental value propositions of the CE business models. The term environmental...journal article 2018
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Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author), Nikou, Shahrokh (author), Molina-Castillo, Francisco Jose (author), de Reuver, Mark (author)Purpose: This paper aims to explore how digital technologies have forced small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to reconsider and experiment with their business models (BMs) and how this contributes to their innovativeness and performance. Design/methodology/approach: An empirical study has been conducted on 338 European SMEs actively...journal article 2018
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Liao, F. (author), Molin, E.J.E. (author), Timmermans, Harry (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)It is often argued that successful market penetration of electric vehicles may not only rely on the characteristics of the technology but also on business models. However, empirical evidence for this is largely lacking. This study intends to fill this gap by assessing the impact of business models, in particular battery and vehicle leasing,...journal article 2018
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Heikkilä, Marikka (author), Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author), Heikkilä, Jukka (author)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse how different strategic goals of (micro-, small- and medium-sized firms=SMEs) relate to the business model innovation (BMI) paths that SMEs take when improving their business. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted 11 in-depth case studies involving SMEs innovating their business...journal article 2018
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Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author), Heikkila, J (author), Heikkilä, Marikka (author), Leopold, Carlo (author), Haaker, T.I. (author)Business Model (BM) Innovations aim at making systemic changes in the business logic of companies when they are bringing innovative products and services to the market. Companies should be sensitive to changes in their business environment and able to modify their BMs in an agile way. To assess the agility of BMI during specific market entry...journal article 2018
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Solaimani, Sam (author), Heikkilä, Marikka (author), Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author)In many entrepreneurial projects, the concept of the business model (BM) is used to describe a business idea at a high-level and in a holistic way. However, existing literature pays less attention to implementation (or execution) of BM. Implementation becomes more complex when a BM is proposed by or requires a network of collaborating...journal article 2017
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Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author), Molina Castillo, F.J. (author), de Reuver, Mark (author)Business Models have been on the research agenda since the emergence of ecommerce and ebusiness in late last century. Although a lot of attention has been paid to the concept, ontologies, taxonomies and approach in the field of strategic management, information systems, digital business and high-tech entrepreneurship research, empirical research...conference paper 2016