Building energy retrofit-as-a-service: a Total Value of Ownership assessment methodology to support whole life-cycle building circularity and decarbonisation: Construction Management and Economics

The regulatory drive to accelerate the clean energy and circular economy transitions in the European building stock is currently failing to overcome systemic implementation barriers. These barriers include high initial investment costs, misaligned financial incentives among stakeholders, and the relatively low cost of less sustainable energy and...

Innovation Strategy for Pyropower

Pyropower is a startup active in the field of biochar systems. Pyropower is active in the country of Malawi (Africa) and Indonesia where Pyropower is proposing new technology to farmers to solve their problems. In June 2020, Pyropower launched Europe project, and in European context as well, Pyropower wants to implement the biochar system. This...

Scenario Analysis of Secure Multi-party Computation implementation in EU-based multinational banks

EU banks have a dual obligation to generate and protect assets as a due diligence for their customers, their business longevity, and in accordance with regulatory bodies. The effective use of data presents opportunities for banks to meet their obligations in improving financial risk and also ensuring business growth and continuity in their...

Cloud Computing Solutions and Business Model Innovation: A case study in the financial services industry

The rise of the so called Insurtechs, leveraging digital technologies to offer superior and personalized offerings, has shaken the insurance industry leading to a new age of innovation and business models. In addition, the importance of a digital customer experience is increasing as the number of sales completed online are rising. Customers...

Dynamics of Business Models: The Case of Rural Renewable Energy Projects in Indonesia

The case of the development of rural renewable energy projects is the subject of much debate due to the complexity of these markets and the difficulty of establishing businesses using a coherent business logic. This is helped by the use of frameworks such as the Business Model, but doesn’t account for the changes in these markets as well as the...

Block and Mortar: A blockchain-inspired business model for mortgage funding market place

Business modelling agility: Turning ideas into business

Business Model Innovation is attracting more and more attention from business as well as from academics. Business Model Innovation deals with both technological and knowledge related changes that either may disrupt or sustain existing product/market strategies. Timing of Business Model Innovation both with regard to the right moment as well as...

Business Model Innovation in circular product design: A case study in kitchen appliances

Without the guarantee for product return or company ownership, circular alternatives can have a higher perceived financial risk than linear alternatives. Therefore, it is essential to start at the business model to create preconditions for a circular system and develop propositions consumers are willing to pay for. This requires a shift in...

Understanding Business Model Innovation Pattern of Small and Medium Enterprises: Analyzing the Changes in Business Model and Operational Area in Response to Firm's External and Internal Factors- A Case Survey Research

The EU Innovation Union identified that innovations are needed to boost economic growth performance, where SMEs are considered vital for these goals. To achieve this, business model innovation (BMI) is identified as the new area to innovate and also source of future competitive advantage. Furthermore, business model changes as a form of...

Understanding the implications of business model innovation in small and medium enterprises: Measurement development and face validation

Innovation has been regarded by European Commission (EU) as the important factor for economic growth. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are known as the source of these innovations, thus the source of economic growth. SMEs role during economic crisis is crucial as they can create employment. But they are still have pressing problems in finding...

Care Models of eHealth Services: A Case Study on the Design of a Business Model for an Online Precare Service

Background With a growing population of health care clients in the future, the organization of high-quality and cost-effective service providing becomes an increasing challenge. New online eHealth services are proposed as innovative options for the future. Yet, a major barrier to these services appears to be the lack of new business model...

Care Models of eHealth Services: A Case Study on the Design of a Business Model for an Online Precare Service

Background: With a growing population of health care clients in the future, the organization of high-quality and cost-effective service providing becomes an increasing challenge. New online eHealth services are proposed as innovative options for the future. Yet, a major barrier to these services appears to be the lack of new business model...

Strategic Design for Sustainable Connectivity

The impending transition away from (already depleting) fossil-fuels to more sustainable sources of energy will bring a lot of changes with it. As part of the kWh/m2-project, an initiative from the TUDelft and Wageningen University, I researched the energetic sustainability of a small subset of our society’s products and services: mobile...

Play it forward: A Game-based tool for Sustainable Product and Business Model Innovation in the Fuzzy Front End

Dealing with sustainability in the fuzzy front end of innovation is complex and often hard. There are a number of tools available to guide designers, engineers and managers in the design process after the specifications of the product or service are already set, but methods supporting goal finding for sustainable innovations are rare (Hassi et...

Play it forward: A Game-based tool for Sustainable Product and Business Model Innovation in the Fuzzy Front End

Dealing with sustainability in the fuzzy front end of innovation is complex and often hard. There are a number of tools available to guide designers, engineers and managers in the design process after the specifications of the product or service are already set, but methods supporting goal finding for sustainable innovations are rare (Hassi et...