Creating a Taxonomy of Business Models for Data Marketplaces

With the amount of available data growing and data posing as a strategic asset to firms, the data economy has started to evolve. Data marketplaces can fulfil a key role in realizing the data economy. The way a data marketplace operates and conducts business can be mapped and managed using a business model. As data marketplaces are a new area of...

Orchestration and governance in digital platform ecosystems: a literature review and trends

Purpose: Because of the attention increasingly being focused on digital transformation, interest in business models of platform-enabled ecosystems is rising rapidly. Although there are different theoretical views on the role of ecosystems, a synthesis of research, with a focus on governance and orchestration in dynamic, multi-industry eco...

A review and evaluation of circular business model innovation tools

The circular economy has been heralded as a potential driver for sustainable development by business, academia, and policymakers. In a future circular economy, new business models are needed that slow, close and narrow resource loops to address key resource and climate challenges. After a phase of excitement and inspiration, an...

The Circular Economy: A new sustainability paradigm?

While the terms Circular Economy and sustainability are increasingly gaining traction with academia, industry, and policymakers, the similarities and differences between both concepts remain ambiguous. The relationship between the concepts is not made explicit in literature, which is blurring their conceptual contours and constrains the...