scholarly journals Business Models and Sustainability in Nature Tourism: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Sahebalzamani ◽  
Giovanna Bertella
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Model Concept ◽  
Nature Tourism ◽  
Considerable Potential ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Research Questions

This study explores the business model literature within nature tourism, focuses on its sustainability-related aspects, and adopts some of the results of the literature review by Reinhold et al. The research questions concern how scholars use and operationalize the business model concept in the context of nature tourism, and to what extent sustainability-related aspects are included and discussed. A literature review was conducted including a total of 18 scientific articles from various disciplines. The findings suggest that scientific literature about business models in nature tourism is very limited, both in relation to the number of articles and their content. With regard to the latter, the business model concept is sometimes adopted without any clear definition, sustainability-related aspects—especially those relative to the environmental dimension—are scarcely discussed, the perspective adopted is usually static, and innovation for sustainability is only marginally included. This indicates a clear gap in the literature and a considerable potential for future studies.

Understanding and assessing crowd logistics business models – using everyday people for last mile delivery

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Frehe ◽  
Jens Mehmann ◽  
Frank Teuteberg
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Model Concept ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Crowd Logistics

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the nature and characteristics of crowd logistics business models. Using this evaluation, a new concept for a sustainable implementation of crowd logistics services is proposed. Design/methodology/approach The Design Science process was followed to develop the proposed crowd logistics business model concept. The data are derived from expert interviews and a document-based data analysis of 13 companies. Findings Four relevant steps that companies should follow to implement sustainable crowd logistics services are identified. Open research questions are also identified and guide five research tasks, which may lead to a greater understanding of this emerging field. Research limitations/implications The present research is based on data from companies operating in Germany. The holistic approach gives a broad overview but lacks detailed descriptions. Practical implications Managers can use the four steps and the crowd logistics business model concept to plan future activities (e.g. new service provision). These steps increase the understanding, awareness and knowledge of opportunities and risks of specific crowd logistics services. Social implications This paper provides initial insights into social changes in terms of drivers for the use of crowd logistics services. However, further research is needed to capture the social implications in detail. Originality/value Crowd logistics is an emerging concept, and this paper is one of the first dealing with this topic generally and the first providing an analysis of crowd logistics business models. The developed concept includes implications for practice in the forms of common, and best practices, and science in the form of open research questions and tasks. Overall, the present research provides new insights into this emerging topic.

scholarly journals Driving Business Models Toward Sustainability in Arctic Nature Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira Sahebalzamani
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Model Concept ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Nature Tourism ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Sustainable Business Models

ABSTRACT Context: research into sustainability as a highly debated concept has become widespread and given rise to a diverse and interesting arena in the management literature in which the relevance of business models is extensively acknowledged. Objective: by integrating sustainability into the business model concept, this study attempts to determine how business models are driven toward sustainability. Methods: a qualitative multiple-case approach is applied to scrutinize five small/micro companies offering nature-based activities in Arctic Norway. Results: four internal and six external drivers are found crucial to incorporating sustainability in business models. Conclusion: the findings contribute to the field of sustainable business models by deepening the understanding of how specific internal and external drivers operate across different business models. Moreover, business models are driven toward sustainability differently, depending on the extent to which sustainability is embedded into them.

scholarly journals Literature review on business prototypes for digital platform

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shrutika Mishra ◽  
A. R. Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
New Business ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Way

Abstract In today’s world, many digitally enabled start-ups are budding all over the globe because of the fast enhancement in digital technologies. For the establishment of new business, it is necessary to adopt a proper business model which needs to define the way in which the company will provide values and the ways in which the customers can pay for their services. This paper aims to study the various business models being used in today’s marketplace and to provide a better understanding for these business models by having an insight on the attributes.

What Makes a Global Business Model?

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksiy Osiyevskyy ◽  
Milena Troshkova ◽  
Yongjian Bao
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
International Expansion ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Specific Advantage ◽  
Global Companies ◽  
Research Questions

A firm's business model is an essential mechanism determining how an organization creates value for its stakeholders and captures part of the created value as profit for its owners. Global enterprises secure their market positions through properly functioning business models that are globally scalable. Once a globally scalable business model is successfully designed and validated in one location, it becomes a non-location-bound firm-specific advantage, promoting the firm's international expansion. This chapter addresses the following research questions: (1) What is the role of a business model in the success of global enterprises? (2) Which common attributes do business models of successful global companies possess? and (3) How to make a business model more suitable for global expansion? The theoretical analysis of these questions yields a conceptual framework for examining the global companies through the business model lens. The developed conceptual framework is illustrated and corroborated with the mini-cases of global companies.

Entrepreneurial or Not?

2016 ◽  
pp. 110-133
Author(s):  
Chitra Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Model Concept ◽  
Micro Enterprises ◽  
Point Of Reference

UK fashion micro-enterprises, often founded by creative individuals, need to be entrepreneurially oriented and develop a business model that sustains their growth during the critical early phase. Literature on this phase offers guidance in best practice and survival strategies for the operational challenges that emerge, however the business models that sustain enterprise development and provide the blueprint for growth strategies have not been examined. This chapter explores how micro-enterprises integrate entrepreneurial actions into their business models. By applying literature on best practice in fashion designer businesses and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) to the business model concept, a conceptual framework is developed and serves as a point of reference to analyse the current business models of five micro-enterprises. The study finds that business models in this segment of the fashion sector are asymmetrical and EO emerges in some components of the business model and not others.

Innovative drivers for family business models in tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Arcese ◽  
Marco Valeri ◽  
Stefano Poponi ◽  
Grazia Chiara Elmo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Innovation Dynamics

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to verify whether, in the tourism sector, the “family business model” is an important development opportunity and, in particular, if it is an innovation driver for this industry development. In the literature, there is no conclusive evidence of this for the tourism sector. In this context, the authors investigate personal and family needs and preferences alongside the relationship between family business model, growth and profit maximization and the development of tourism businesses through innovation drivers.Design/methodology/approachTo develop this topic, the authors conducted an extensive literature review considering the scientific papers published and contained mainly in database in the last 10 years (2010–2020) and focused the attention on the last five years. The authors ran content and structural analysis on the collected sources by main scientific databases (EBSCO, Scopus, Thomson Reuter, etc.). Based on a systematic literature review, the analysis was conducted using statistical criteria and bibliometric indicators. In detail, the authors used systematic literature review, bibliometric analysis and automatic text analysis (ATA) tools for identified lexicon analysis and strategic keywords and used statistical correlation to classify the different approaches in the literature and to outline the orientations of the various research groups.FindingsFrom this analysis, the correlation between tourism, hospitality, entrepreneurship, life cycle and innovation dynamics was analysed. Important research gaps are identified, and future research priorities are suggested. Implications for both family business and tourism theory are discussed.Originality/valueWhile the intersection between tourism management and family business model has been established in the literature, the number of related publications is still limited. Against this background, a literature review as a total analysis was an adequate and practicable research methodology. This paper proposes a comprehensive literature review and a reflection on the potential developments and applications for family business in the tourism sector. Authors also suggest several research directions that have not been adequately investigated yet. In particular, scholars do not seem to have caught all the implications of innovation adoption, especially for SMEs and family ownerships in tourism.

Developing a generic retail business model – a qualitative comparative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1029-1056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Haas
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Retail Industry ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Retail Business ◽  
Core Elements

Purpose Global trends like digitalization and verticalization increase the complexity within the retail industry and decrease the explanatory power of prevailing retail concepts. This paper responds to the call for new ways of understanding retailers’ business activities. The purpose of this paper is to structure and stimulate the emerging conceptual debate about retail business models (RBM) by developing a literature-based and empirically-substantiated generic retail business model framework (generic RBM). Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a systematic literature review and a qualitative study with 16 expert interviews in the German retail industry. Findings The paper identifies six core elements and respective sub-elements of a generic RBM. Contrasting the literature with empirical data, it confirms some common elements (e.g. “value proposition”) but invalidates others (e.g. “organization” or “governance”). The empirical findings add retail specifics like “horizontal integration,” “vertical integration” and “partners and networks” as core elements of a generic RBM. Originality/value The paper is the first to develop a generic RBM based on a systematic literature review and an empirical study across retailers. The resulting generic RBM can be used as a retail concept for systemizing and typifying the appearances of retailers in retailing theory. It can also be used for building, analyzing and comparing RBMs in retailing practice. The paper further provides a guideline for generic business model design with a hybrid approach based on literature and qualitative data.

Biotech spin-off business models for the internationalization strategy

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bialek-Jaworska ◽  
Renata Gabryelczyk
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Strategy Implementation ◽  
Small Magnitude ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Uniqueness Results ◽  
Internationalization Strategy ◽  
Profit Potential

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the business model components and related attributes of biotech spin-offs activity that are key to the implementation of the internationalization strategy. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a multiple case study analysis including business models of seven biotechnology spin-offs traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Based on the literature review the authors identify the key attributes of the business model for the commercialization of R&D outcomes. The authors conduct an analysis taking into consideration the determinants of biotech spin-off activity. The authors also measure the internationalization strategy implementation with the use of indicators identified in the empirical research literature review. Findings According to the results, the authors identified that international cooperation in research projects and partnering, as well as international experience in the management board and tacit knowledge, play a facilitating role in the business model for the commercialization of biotech spin-off research findings. The cost advantage on the global market, tax advantages and support of venture capital are the key to the exploitation of profit potential on the global market. An important component of the business model specific to companies conducting R&D activities is to ensure firm survival activities by funding research grants to makes R&D possible prior to commercialization. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of this study is the small magnitude of the sample, particularly as only two of the seven analyzed spin-offs realized their profit potential on the global market. Practical implications The findings are important for the development of business models of new biotech ventures. Research results can be used as recommendations for universities on how to effectively build a business model for the commercialization of biotech spin-offs on the basis of R&D outcomes for the internationalization strategy. Originality/value The paper’s uniqueness results from the synergy of combining three research areas: components of business models for commercialization; attributes of biotech R&D activity; and indicators measuring the internationalization strategy implementation. The results can contribute to the existing body of knowledge on business models for the commercialization of R&D outcomes in the context of internationalization. The value of this paper is an extended knowledge of the internationalization of biotech ventures based on R&D outcomes.

scholarly journals Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Evaluation—A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10908
Author(s):  
Anika Süß ◽  
Kristina Höse ◽  
Uwe Götze
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Model Evaluation ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Sustainable Business Models

Since the need of sustainable development is indisputable, companies are forced to strive for resources, processes, and products that are sustainable. Thus, their business models as the main representation of their activities should be designed in an ecologically, economically, and socially beneficial way. However, designing and developing sustainable business models is closely linked to their evaluation. Sustainable business model evaluation as a vital part of business model development has been addressed in literature in the past with increasing frequency. As a consequence, the plethora of different approaches of sustainability-oriented business model evaluation calls for a systematic literature review. Thus, in this study, we reviewed existing articles on sustainability-oriented business model evaluation and identified four main categories of evaluation methods: single indicators (I), indicator system/framework (II), simulation-based evaluation (III), and multi criteria decision-making (IV). By analyzing and structuring the proposed approaches, their benefits and limitations are revealed, pointing out gaps and future research needs for successfully designing and evaluating business models today and in the future.

scholarly journals Customer value creation via business model implementation

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2580-2584
Author(s):  
Karaoulanis Andreas
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Model Concept ◽  
Customer Value Proposition

Business models are the blueprints upon which the whole structure and operation of the company is based. The aim of this paper is to underline the importance of business models in value creation for the company and to dig a bit deeper by revealing the synthesis of an abstract business model concept. The importance of customer value proposition via the customer value creation is very well underlined in order to pinpoint the author’s prevalent idea that focusing on customers’ needs should be the alpha and the omega for the eurythmic operation of every contemporary company.

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