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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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Baldassarre, B.R. (author), Konietzko, J.C. (author), Brown, P.D. (author), Calabretta, G. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Karpen, Ingo O. (author), Hultink, H.J. (author)Next to the redesign of industrial products and processes, sustainable business model innovation is a strategic approach to integrate environmental and social concerns into the objectives and operations of organizations. One of the major challenges of this approach is that many promising business model ideas fail to reach the market, which is...journal article 2020
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Heesbeen, C. (author), Prieto Hoces, A.I. (author)The circular economy is a widely accepted concept that various governments have started to adopt. Still, a major consumer of resources, the construction industry, struggles to implement business models that answer to the opportunity and generate value beyond economical. At the same time, the industry is at a threshold of intensifying their...journal article 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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Konietzko, J.C. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Hultink, H.J. (author)The circular economy may help firms to maximize the value of their material resources and minimize the overall resource use, waste, pollution and emissions of their business activities. Implementing a circular economy program requires radical changes in product, business model and ecosystem innovation. Most research on circular oriented...journal article 2020
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Lopez-Nicolas, Carolina (author), Nikou, Shahrokh (author), Molina-Castillo, Francisco Jose (author), Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author)Purpose: By drawing on various theoretical approaches and a gender perspective, this paper aims to examine business model (BM) experimentation as a step towards BM experimentation capabilities as an outcome and, as such, a key antecedent to firm performance. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, using a unique data set of 444 European...journal article 2020
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Brown, P.D. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Balkenende, R. (author)Collaborative innovation is necessary to explore and implement circular economy strategies. Yet, empirical investigations into such collaborations are scarce. It is unclear whether the circular context creates differences or represents adaptions within how collaborative innovation is conducted. We draw upon strategic management and open...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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Athanasopoulou, A. (author), de Reuver, Mark (author)Business model tools are commonly used to describe and communicate business model ideas. However, studies do not sufficiently address whether and how business model tools support the early, exploratory phase in which new business models are initiated, conceptualized, assessed and planned. In this exploratory phase, offerings and addressable...journal article 2020
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Nikiforiadis, Andreas (author), Roukouni, A. (author), Basbas, Socrates (author), Chrysostomou, Katerina (author)There is a great number of studies which have proved that a new or improved transport system has an important impact on land uses and real estate prices. While there are many studies which examine the effect of a new urban public transport system on the values of neighbouring properties, the number of researches which focus on the...journal article 2020
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Baldassarre, B.R. (author), Keskin, Duygu (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Calabretta, G. (author)The intensification of industrial activity within an unsustainable development paradigm caused an alarming environmental crisis intertwined with societal problems on a global scale. Sustainable design theory contains an extensive body of knowledge on how these environmental and societal issues can be addressed by rethinking industrial...review 2020
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Rukanova, B.D. (author), Tan, Y. (author), Huiden, Roel (author), Ravulakollu, V.B.A.K. (author), Grainger, Andrew (author), Heijmann, Frank (author)Over the last few decades, businesses have developed sophisticated information systems that allow the capture of vast amounts of data. Such data can be potentially useful for enabling government authorities to improve their processes and services. For example, access to business documents and track and trace information associated with supply...journal article 2020
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Moktadir, Md Abdul (author), Kumar, Anil (author), Ali, Syed Mithun (author), Paul, Sanjoy Kumar (author), Sultana, Razia (author), Rezaei, J. (author)Eco-efficiency and resource optimization for business strategy and the environment can be achieved by the circular economy (CE) practices in supply chains (SCs). The leather industry is a significant industrial contributor to the economic growth of some countries, but at the same time, it leads to tremendous environmental pollution. This...journal article 2020
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Tunn, V.S.C. (author), van den Hende, E.A. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author)Access-based product-service systems (AB-PSS) allow consumers to use products for a fee and might support the transition towards a circular economy. This type of business model could decrease negative impacts of consumption by reducing the number of products needed; either by extending products’ lifetimes or by intensifying the use of...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), Ackermann, L. (author)Product-service systems are circular business models that can potentially extend product lifetimes and reduce resource consumption. However, consumer product care is crucial in these business models. We explore consumer product care of newly bought, second-hand, and accessed bicycles and washing machines through an online survey (n = 212). Our...conference paper 2020
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Velter, M. G.E. (author), Bitzer, V. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author), Kemp, R. (author)This study focuses on the boundary-spanning nature of sustainable business model innovation, studying multi-stakeholder engagement and alignment. Drawing on the concept of boundary work, we explore the different types of organizational boundary changes between focal companies and their external stakeholders, investigating specifically the...journal article 2020
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Heikkilä, Marikka (author), Heikkilä, Jukka (author), Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author), Heimo, Olli (author)This study investigates if BMI helps business innovation to succeed. We analyzed 27 SME cases having differing combinations of Business Model Innovation (BMI), New Product Development (NPD) and effectuation methods. We also analyzed the drivers and market strategy of the SMEs. We found out that typical SME innovation success cases combine at...conference paper 2020
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van Engelenburg, S.H. (author), Rukanova, B.D. (author), Hofman, Wout (author), Ubacht, J. (author), Tan, Y. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author)Governance requirements for systems supporting information sharing be-tween businesses and government organisations (B&G) are determined by a high variety of stakeholders with often conflicting interests. These conflict-ing interests can hamper the introduction and scaling-up of ICT-innovations that change their roles and authorities. We...conference paper 2020
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Marsaglia, Giulia (author)The domain of Sustainable Development innovation is facing a significant transformation. Several trends, social, political, economical forces and players are concurring in the rise the concept of impact on sustainable development challenges. That is being introduces in the strategies of big and small enterprises, at different degrees, varying...master thesis 2019