Circular Business Model Patterns and their Relevance towards a more Circular Economy: A case survey of 34 circular companies

With tackling the problems of resource depletion and waste, the currently booming topic of a circular economy (CE) comes up. This concept goes beyond the processes of reusing and recycling products and looks at the entire material and energy loops of products. The current economy, or linear economy, is still the status quo where products are...

Pattern Based Evaluation of Blockchain Technology as a Catalyst for Business Model Innovation: Exploratory Research with Focus on the Potential Implications for e-Health

As blockchain technology became more established in the financial arena, federal health IT officials, vendors and developers started looking at its potential and its use in the healthcare sector. Lately, there has been a major hype around the potential of the technology. It is described as a disruptive technology that could enable business model...