Circularity as a Game Changer: An exploration into dynamic capabilities' microfoundations as mechanisms for business model transformation in architectural firms

Economies, society, and organizations are operating on borrowed time (Lacy &amp; Rutqvist, 2015). <br/><br/>As a response to urgent planetary and societal needs, a critical shift is required on every aspect of how organizations in the construction sector, one of the most resource intensive and pollutant industries, propose, create, and capture...

Expanding Opportunities for Philippine Architects Through CREM: A qualitative comparative multi-case study approach on adapting business models that integrate corporate real estate management services used by Dutch architects in the Philippine context

Architects contribute to the cultural, social, economic, environmental, and technological aspects of society. However, architects face several challenges due to high levels of urbanization, lower financials for projects and the emergence of new professionals and contracts, that lessen the scopes of architects. Architects in developing nations...

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...

An explorative study on business models for sustainability using STOF and stress-testing

Post Global Financial Crisis Property Development

This thesis makes an assessment of the changes and influences of the property development context after the global financial crisis on the business models of property developers.

Innovating Independent Living: Business Models for Internet of Things in Ambient Assisted Living

Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the use of sensors, actuators and data communication technologies built into physical objects that enable these objects to be tracked, coordinated or controlled across a data network or the Internet. There is gap in identifying the critical business model design issues that should be considered for the domain...

Mobile Cloud Computing and the Mobile Network Operator: A research project towards viable platform business model design

Simultaneous developments in the mobile telecommunications industry and in cloud computing are providing the opportunities for a mobile cloud computing (MCC) paradigm to emerge. While still in its infancy, a paradigm shift is to be expected that will create a mobile cloud ecosystem with new mobile cloud concepts and service offerings that are...

Integration or specialization? Impacts of current trends on the Dutch oil downstream industry

Due to the changing market structure of the downstream oil industry it is important for oil companies to gain more insight in how the oil downstream value chain works and how current trends affects them and their competitors. This article facilitates the need for insight by giving a clear picture of the oil downstream value chain and the...

The synergy between mobility and the cloud: Evaluating the feasibility and viability of mobile business services enabled by mobile cloud computing

Research over the past several years has identified a convergence of the technology trends mobile computing and cloud computing into mobile cloud computing. While the term ‘mobile cloud computing‘ is often used to refer to the complementary benefits of mobile cloud based services, some translate the cloud vision from access to remote cloud...

Business development in the Dutch residential solar panel market

• An extensive literature review provided this research with useful theories; a framework to assess business models (Osterwalder,2005) and a systematic process to analyze the sector and the business environment. • The electricity production sector is in transition; this comes with opportunities for new entrants into the market. The business...

Business models for service delivery to smart homes in cooperation with Dutch grid operators

Grid operators in the Netherlands are forced by regulations to introduce the smart metering service in the Netherlands. Consumers in the household have a better insight in their energy usage using the smart metering service. There are opportunities for the grid operator to cooperate with other service providers to share costs regarding the...

Battery Storage Systems: An exploratory business model research for high power battery storage applications in the Netherlands

The expectation is that different socio-economic trends will have a significant impact on the technical, economic and institutional structures of the Dutch electricity system. As a result, different solutions, applications, technologies, etc. are popping up in the Dutch electricity sector, which support this development. Literature names several...

The Alignment of Business Models and Process Models in the Value Networks of Mobile Services

The mobile industry is characterized by rapid innovation due to the frequent changes in mobile/network technology, market trends and business needs. When an enterprise wants to reengineer its existing mobile services, the business model of the mobile service needs to be modified as well as the process models. However, business models and process...

Designing a business model for the Ndassie Solar Powered LED light Product Service System

This thesis shows the iterative design process of developing a business model (BM) for Ndassie. This start up company offers decentralized, renewable energy solutions to people that lack access to the electricity grid. The main market will be rural areas in developing countries, which is part of the ‘Base of Pyramid’ market. This target group...