The evolution of the Strategic role of Designers for Sustainable Development

Design for Sustainable Development refers to the application of a design process to solve a problem related to sustainability, such as creating a pair of shoes that can be recycled or managing waste collection in a large city. Since the origins of this concept in the 1960s, Design for Sustainable Development has been evolving, gradually...

Evaluating New Participative City Logistics Concepts: The Case of Cargo Hitching

Five years ago the project Cargo Hitching started with the goal to use the unused capacity of public transport passenger vehicles for freight and parcel transport. Like many new city logistics initiatives it is a difficult challenge to setup a profitable private business model. A rural pilot project was developed in the East of the Netherlands,...

Challenges in the business models of creative professional service firms

Recent studies have shown that professionals in the built environment need new or improved business strategies to survive in increasingly dynamic and competitive environments. To gain insight into how professional businesses can be successfully reshaped, a profound understanding of their business models is necessary. So far, business model...

Stakeholders’ roles for business modelling in a city logistics ecosystem: Towards a conceptual model

A major challenge associated with the implementation of CL initiatives lies with their economic and financial long-term success. In this context, the business model concept can support assessing the business side of stakeholders’ decision-making processes as major determinants for such success. The purpose of this work is to overcome the...

The business model chemical leasing as a tool for process, environmental, and occupational health and safety improvements

The future in chemical consumption, without any doubt, belongs to business models which involve intensive dialog, cooperation and pooling of the knowledge and experiences of users and producers. Sustainability goals of producers should include, among others, expansion of the sustainability of their products and services to customers to help them...