scholarly journals Business Model Adaptation Through Inclusion of Environmental Sustainability Measures

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (35) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Ales Krmela ◽  
Mariana Tesarova
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Model Adaptation

Internationalisation and Business Model Adaptation: A “Five-Vs” Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-58
Author(s):  
Christian Nielsen ◽  
Kristian Brøndum Kristiansen ◽  
Svetla T. Marinova
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Model Adaptation

Design leaps: business model adaptation in emerging economies

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Sharma ◽  
Mukund R. Dixit ◽  
Amit Karna
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Model Adaptation ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
Contextual Intelligence

Purpose Firms take design leaps when they imitate an established business model developed either by another firm or in another market to create business opportunities. While recent research has suggested the use of contextual intelligence for imitation, the exact process of adaptation of a business model is not fully understood. The purpose of this paper is to outline the process through which an emerging market firm adapts a developed market business model for creating business opportunities in the local market. Design/methodology/approach This paper investigates the journey of Air Deccan, the pioneer low-cost airline in India, from its founding until its successful adaptation of a (Western) business model and eventual failure. The authors use a qualitative case-based approach to study business model adaptation. Findings The authors find that adaptation involves the incorporation of following design features: novelty to overcome problem of institutional voids, elasticity to exploit unexpected increase in demand and efficiency to serve large volumes. Based on the evidence, the authors suggest the introduction of global efficiency measures as the boundary conditions of business model adaptation in emerging markets. Research limitations/implications The paper contributes to the literature on business models by suggesting elasticity as a unique design feature relevant for emerging markets. This paper provides granular understanding of business model toxicity. Practical implications Entrepreneurs and managers – looking to enter emerging markets through opportunity creation – should focus on providing contextually novel design features in the adapted business model. The authors also caution practitioners against the perils of toxicity arising out of combining contextual novelty with efficiency. Originality/value Recent literature suggests that multinationals need contextual intelligence to successfully monetize their investment in emerging economies. This paper provides rich description of the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in emerging markets, local innovations used to overcome them and boundary conditions.

scholarly journals Recycling Technology Innovation as a Source of Competitive Advantage: The Sustainable and Circular Business Model of a Bicentennial Company

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7723
Author(s):  
José-Antonio Corral-Marfil ◽  
Núria Arimany-Serrat ◽  
Emma L. Hitchen ◽  
Carme Viladecans-Riera
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Recycling Technology

La Farga Yourcoppersolutions is a bicentennial Catalan company that manufactures semi-finished copper products. As copper is a 100% recyclable material, much of the sector’s production comes from secondary copper, scrap, not from mined copper. In the case of La Farga, not only a good part of its output comes from recycled copper, but it is also a world leader in copper-recycling technology. The objective of the paper is to describe La Farga’s business model from the point of view of sustainability and the circular economy. What have been the causes and effects of recycling on the business model? Regarding the methodology, the work follows the research strategy of the case study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from a variety of primary and secondary sources. Economic, social and environmental sustainability of the firm was assessed through financial and non-financial indicators; value-added generation and distribution were calculated from accounting data; and the circular business model was analysed via a thematic analysis: its components, innovation, enablers and barriers. Results show that the presence of barriers forces the implementation of circularity to be gradual and to combine linear and circular models to maintain competitiveness.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, INNOVATION, AND GOVERNANCE: THE CASE OF THE ECONOMY OF COMMUNION IN ITALY

2019 ◽  
pp. 267-284
Author(s):  
Luca Ozzano
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Global Field ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Social Doctrine

The Economy of Communion (EoC) movement is one of the most interesting phenomena both in today’s Catholicism and in the global field of spiritually oriented entrepreneurship. This model – first elaborated by the founder of the Focolare movement, Chiara Lubich – is focused on a ‘culture of giving’; on the development of a relation of ‘communion’ with employees, customers and even competitors; on transparency and fairness; and on environmental sustainability. Although grounded in the Gospel and the Catholic Church’s social doctrine, it is meant as a business model which can be adopted also by people belonging to other religious traditions, and even by non-believers. This paper, based on interviews to people involved in the EoC movement and on other primary and secondary sources, will analyse the movement in Italy, focusing on a side understudied by the literature: the complex web of organizations which provide it with a structure and a governance. Particularly, the paper will show how such organizations try to strike a balance between preserving the movement’s identity and Chiara Lubich’s message, and spreading the EoC model by trying to make it popular, also outside the Focolare movement.

scholarly journals Arguments in Favor of Moving to a Sustainable Business Model in the Apiary Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Diana Panța
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
The Sustainable Development

Abstract Today’s society faces major challenges in meeting future global food demands and solving biodiversity loss, and it quickly needs to find ways in addressing these issues. The places to look for solutions come from the economic sectors that employ the most powerful pressure on these issues such as agriculture. Apiculture, as a branch of agriculture is being more and more recognized as sustaining human life and contributing to sustainability. However, the sector records a progressive decline of honey bees. Therefore, a rapid restructuring needs to take place in agricultural markets, in general, as well as in apiary agribusinesses. Although important, technological progress is insufficient in providing the necessary changes to achieve long-term economic, social and environmental sustainability, which should be considered both within and between generations. Consequently, sustainable business models encourage sustainable development through a triple bottom line approach and provide an analytical tool for firms into assessing the different aspects that are combined in order to create value. Since literature has paid little attention to the sustainable development in the apiary agribusiness, the present paper aims to link the two using a business model perspective and bring arguments in favor of moving to a sustainable business model.

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