Bicycle Sharing: Sustainable Value Creation and Institutionalisation Strategies in Barcelona

A highly debatable issue is whether or not a paradigm shift toward the sharing economy could help to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of our time. This article contributes to the academic discussion by exploring the types of value created by sharing organisations and the strategies they use to institutionalise themselves in relation to powerful institutions. The study applies two analytical frameworks, based on value creation and institutional strategies, to three empirical case studies of bicycle sharing systems (BSS) in Barcelona. Rich data was collected from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including a field visit to Barcelona, interviews with representatives of the three bicycle sharing systems, observations and literature analysis. We found that the environmental value these organisations create is closely interlinked with the social value they produce and that these values outweigh negative impacts of their operations. All case organisations employ regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive strategies for their institutionalisation but are also subject to powerful institutions beyond their individual control. We recommend that entrepreneurs, city officials, the public and other stakeholders engage in collaborative and open development processes to shape the emerging sharing economy alongside the institutional work of sharing organisations.

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The potential of sharing economy business models for sustainable value creation

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 253 ◽

pp. 120004 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Minttu Laukkanen ◽

Nina Tura

Keyword(s):

Value Creation ◽

Business Models ◽

Sharing Economy ◽

Sustainable Value

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Sustainable value creation? Entrepreneurial orientations in the football industry

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research ◽

10.1108/ijebr-07-2020-0498 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 27-44

Author(s):

Mike Bull ◽

Geoff Whittam

Keyword(s):

Value Creation ◽

Research Question ◽

Professional Football ◽

Content Type ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Business Interests ◽

Football Clubs ◽

Sustainable Value ◽

Context Specific ◽

Football Industry

PurposeIn this paper the authors investigate precarious value creation in English football clubs. They examine strategic, economic, cultural and social capital to analyse the orientations of legal owners of football clubs (entrepreneurs) and the implications for moral owners (the fans). Their research question is not if entrepreneurs create value – but whether the value created is productive or destructive.Design/methodology/approachThe research design is a case study of the professional football industry, specifically 44 football clubs in the top two professional divisions in England, namely the English Premier League and the English Football League Championship. The authors’ methodology is secondary textual data. Their approach is to examine official club statements, triangulated with regional and national press reports, fan accounts and narratives from published artefacts; fan blogs and websites.FindingsThe “opening up” of the professional football industry in England to market forces in 1983 has subsequently attracted entrepreneurs that use football clubs as artefacts to pursue other business interests. Over-grazing on strategic and economic capital at the expense and exploitation of social and cultural capital exists. As entrepreneurial opportunities to exploit a football club's assets becomes more apparent, the unique relationship between club and fan is being strained. The authors observe detachment, disenchantment and protest.Research limitations/implicationsThe data sought for this study design was necessarily in the public domain and therefore drawn from secondary sources. The scope was English football and the top two divisions, thus the findings are context specific to that region and level.Practical implicationsFor policy, the authors call for a new government inquiry into football ownership in English football, re-examining heritage, purpose and value creation.Social implicationsFootball fans are the majority stakeholder in the football industry but are under-represented in English football because of the private ownership of football clubs. Fans are, however, a barometer for how their owners are acting as custodians of their clubs and if the value created by entrepreneurs is productive or exploitative.Originality/valueThis paper has value in drawing attention to this unique and ignored industry from an entrepreneurship perspective, provoking a call for further research to explore this phenomenon. Sustainable value creation may be a useful framework for further research in this and other industries.

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN OPEN DESIGN COMMUNITIES: A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management ◽

10.1142/s021987701100260x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 08 (04) ◽

pp. 557-575 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

CHRISTINA RAASCH

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Open Source ◽

Low Cost ◽

Industrial Practice ◽

Open Design ◽

Open Development ◽

Development Processes ◽

Design Projects ◽

Process Perspective ◽

Significant Attention

Open source (OS) has raised significant attention in industrial practice and in scholarly research as a new and successful mode of product development. This paper is among the first to study open source development processes outside their original context, the software industry. In particular, we investigate the development of tangible products in so-called open design projects. We study how open design projects address the challenges usually put forward in the literature as barriers to the open development of tangible products. The analysis rests on the comparative qualitative investigation of four cases from different industries. We find that, subject to certain contingencies, open design processes can be organized to resemble OSS development processes to a considerable degree. Some practices are established specifically to uphold OS principles in the open design context, while others starkly differ from those found in OSS development. Our discussion focusses on different aspects of modularity as well as the availability of low-cost tools.

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Parallel Design of a Product and Internet of Things (IoT) Architecture to Minimize the Cost of Utilizing Big Data (BD) for Sustainable Value Creation

Procedia CIRP ◽

10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.213 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 61 ◽

pp. 58-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ryan Bradley ◽

I.S. Jawahir ◽

Niko Murrell ◽

Julie Whitney

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Value Creation ◽

Parallel Design ◽

Sustainable Value ◽

The Cost

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Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Value Creation

10.4337/9781839104398 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Margherita Pagani ◽

Renaud Champion

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Value Creation ◽

Sustainable Value

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Her majesty, the queen of sounds: Cultural sustainability and heritage in organ craftsmanship and music

International Journal of Cultural Property ◽

10.1017/s094073912100014x ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-26

Author(s):

Martin Gerner

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Value Creation ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Fully Integrated ◽

Cultural Sustainability ◽

Cultural Organization ◽

Sustainable Value ◽

Organ Builders

Abstract Organ craftsmanship and music are inextricably linked with each other. In Germany, a particularly rich symbiosis between craftspeople, composers, and performing artists has evolved over the centuries. In recognizing the transmission of this intangible cultural know-how from generation to generation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed organ craftsmanship and music together in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017. This article elucidates how this inscription influences the perception and self-concept of organ craftsmanship and music, both in theoretic-intellectual and in virtual terms. Complementing the qualitative content analysis of literature and documents, narrative first-hand accounts/expert interviews with organ craftspeople/organ builders have been conducted and interpreted. Taking into account a dual nexus of cultural sustainability and intangible cultural heritage, sustainable value creation, substantial claims, multi-perspective visibility, and facilitative reassurance were analyzed and assessed vis-à-vis organ craftsmanship and music. Including organ craftsmanship and music in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity demonstrates an appreciation for sustainable value creation related to the quadruple bottom-line of sustainability – that is, addressing economic, environmental, and societal aspects, including culture as a fully integrated dimension; claims substantial rights for safeguarding and invoking/activating heritage; enhances visibility of performing organists, assigned organ builders, frequent practitioners, and nominated organ experts; and enables reassurance of passion and self-positioning with organ craftsmanship and music.

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