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Book SynopsisCan innovations in business change society? Can innovations in society change business? These two questions have become critically urgent in recent years, but are rarely considered together. ‘Business Models for Sustainability Transitions’ therefore asks, can contemplating both concepts together result in a flourishing, sustainable future? Technology alone cannot save us. We cannot consciously consume our way out of trouble. This book represents a start at bridging the dynamic world of business model innovation with the constant and unprecedented transitions underway in the world around us. For researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, the coupling of the two questions has the potential to unlock answers to our grand global challenges with responses that are at the same time rapid and enduring. This work offers unique and considered glimpses into what it may take to harness wide-ranging innovations for the collective good.
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Introduction to Business Models for Sustainability Transitions
CHAPTER 2 Transformative business and sustainability transitions: A framework and an empirical study
CHAPTER 3 Bridging the gaps between business models and sustainability transitions
CHAPTER 4 The business model dilemma: the conflicting institutional logics between regime and niche level
CHAPTER 5 Reorganizing Systems and Delivering Sustainable Transition: Business Models that Interlink Solutions to Social and Environmental Problems
CHAPTER 6 The Business Model of Enough –Value Creation for Sufficiency-oriented Businesses
CHAPTER 7 Business models for energy efficiency services: Four archetypes based on user-centeredness and dynamic capabilities
CHAPTER 8 Collaborative business models and platforms in shared mobility transitions
CHAPTER 9 Business models for sustainability service in buildings
CHAPTER 10 Smart Products as Enabler for Circular Business Models: the Case of B2B Textile Washing Services
CHAPTER 11 An approach to integrate business model and system level sustainability
CHAPTER 12 Circular economy in the waste water sector: Identifying appropriate Business Models for resource-oriented sanitation systems in rural Germany
CHAPTER 13 Reverse Logistics Process for Business Transition – a case example from the textile industry
