scholarly journals Deriving vehicle-to-grid business models from consumer preferences

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Vehicle To Grid

scholarly journals Business model development for sustainable apparel consumption

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Holtström ◽  
Charlotte Bjellerup ◽  
Johanna Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Business Model Development

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify key aspects of business model development for sustainable apparel consumption, as actors show an increasing interest in product‒service systems. This purpose should be seen from a retailers’ perspective so as to develop sustainable solutions for long-term survival in the apparel industry when meeting consumer preferences for fashion as well as an increasing interest in consuming less. Further, this is from a perspective in an economy where sharing and circularity are potential drivers for changing consumer patterns. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the apparel retailer Houdini Sportswear and its business model development from a traditional model of selling sportswear to a more future-oriented model where sustainability is more salient. The data for analysis were collected through interviews with employees within the studied company. The interviews have been guided by overarching themes covering relevant areas of interest for this study. Findings Overall, the paper shows how sustainability can be included in strategic development, from product idea, product development, production and sales/rental to repair, reuse and finally recycling. The paper also highlights potential obstacles in a developed business model with increased sustainability, including technological platforms, distribution networks for collecting and returning products and consumer consumption preferences. There are a few intertwined factors to be considered on different societal levels to achieve long-term success. Originality/value This study contributes an increased understanding of how more sustainable solutions can be included when developing business models. While the manufacture, distribution and consumption of clothes have an impact on the environment, some retailers and producers want to reduce this environmental impact. One alternative is to change the way clothes are consumed, to include more sharing and circularity.

Collaboration Consumption in the Field of Tourism. Attempt to Present the State of Phenomenon in the Polish Market

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Teresa Skalska ◽  
Ewa Markiewicz ◽  
Michał Pędzierski
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Purpose. The article attempts to present interdisciplinary assessment of collaborative consumption in Poland’s tourism industry. Method. From the empirical side, the used results were from an earlier empirical study, pioneering within the Polish market, conducted in 2015 by one of the authors. In addition, for the purposes of this article, an original study was conducted, the aim of which was to examine the impact of changing consumer preferences in the segment of business travel, for the hotel industry in Poland. Findings. The study shows that the hotel industry in Poland has not yet experienced felt any significant impact of the new competition, although it notes the potential for the appearance of this impact in the future. Research and conclusion limitations. In the theoretical and practical sphere,it results from the extremely complex nature of the studied phenomenon, and the initial phase of development on the Polish market, which results in poor recognition of this phenomenon in the area of tourism (especially on the Polish market). Practical implications. New opportunities for multi-disciplinary empirical research. The authors draw attention to the need for in-depth analysis of the phenomenon in three main areas of research: the relationship between the change in consumer behavior and the development of various forms of collaborative consumption, the impact of new business models using the idea of joint consuption on the tourist market and the determinants of competitiveness and the impact on the social, economic, institutional and legal Environments. Originality. In the literature lacks a comprehensive development presenting the state of collaborative consumption in the area of tourism on the Polish market. Type of paper. The article is mostly theoretical.

Logistics Providers As Integrators of Intelligent Supply Chain Systems: an Innovative Aspect

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
E. Kamchatova
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Logistics Service

This article is devoted to determining the role and place of logistics providers in managing international supply chains, analyzing their classifications and transforming business models in supply chains in the context of active e-Commerce development, as well as identifying specific features of system and virtual integrators of supply chains that can significantly increase the level of logistics service. Active use of e-Commerce leads to a significant reduction in response times to demand and encourages supply chain managers to constantly search for new solutions and innovative technologies that enable companies involved in the logistics chain to effectively interact with each other and jointly respond to changing consumer demands. In some cases, we are talking about creating new approaches and replacing existing technologies aimed at achieving the set results in terms of speed and flexibility in choosing options to meet consumer demand. Thus, the analysis allows us to state that logistics mediation as a special sphere of business activity has passed the stage of formation. The prerequisites for its improvement are primarily related to the implementation of the strategy of innovative balanced development of the national economy and further development of the logistics services market. Starting with the 3PL model, all logistics service providers actively use information and communication technologies, work in both retail and e-Commerce formats, and develop on the principle of system outsourcing, creating significant added value for their customers by saving time and resources, sharing responsibilities, and responding quickly to changes in consumer preferences. We can state with confidence that if earlier logistics was considered as a function of providing business, now it determines the system way of doing business and its innovative technologies.

Preparing Managers for Turbulent Contexts: Teaching the Principles of Design Thinking

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schumacher ◽  
Selina Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Management Roles ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Principles Of Design ◽  
Management Students

Design thinking is a creative practice that sparks managers’ thinking and acting in response to the challenges of shifting consumer preferences, emerging new technological possibilities, and changing business models. The issues for management education, that is, preparing students for future management roles, is how one can teach design thinking to management students to prepare them for turbulent contexts. This article presents a conceptual approach with empirical illustrations for teaching the core principles of design thinking: user focus, problem framing, visualization, experimentation, and diversity. To help future managers develop a design-thinking attitude, we present a structured 1-hour approach that, first, introduces the design-thinking process (understand, observe, define point of view, ideate, prototype, and test); second, links design-thinking principles to the phases of the design-thinking process and the management of turbulences; and, third, zooms in on each of the six phases. We focus on how design-thinking principles—the common denominator of different design-thinking approaches—can foster students’ creativity and innovation as key elements of managing in turbulent times. In addition to presenting the process itself, the article contains instructions for conducting the exercise.

scholarly journals Marketing technologies for the development of digital products in the automotive industry

E-Management ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
G. V. Butkovskaya ◽  
A. A. Ivliev
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Digital Products ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
New Business ◽  
Personal Approach ◽  
Marketing Activities

The economy is changing dramatically under the influence of emerging markets, accelerated growth of new technologies, sustainable development policies and changing consumer preferences. New business models are emerging in many sectors of the economy and production. The automotive industry and the transport sector are no exception. New trends and a more personal approach to the consumer, digital products and services require a rethink of marketing activities in the automotive industry. Automakers are entering into partnerships with technology companies to increase customer loyalty and expand their list of familiar scenarios and ways of using transport.A mobility  ecosystem  is being  formed  all  over  the  world. And  this  ecosystem  is more  than  just  “Automotive  Industry  2.0”. To become a leader in the new landscape, you will need to fight with a large number of new players, many of whom do not have the traditional automotive experience and integration of various capabilities. It will be important for traditional automakers and suppliers, as well as new entrants, to adopt an ecosystem mindset.As digital technologies change the traditional boundaries of the industry, many are betting that the automotive ecosystem will be one of the first to develop. But what this will look like in practice, and when a drastic shift in competition will actually, occur can only be cautiously predicted so far.

scholarly journals Business Models for M-Services

2010 ◽  
pp. 444-469
Author(s):  
Carina Ihlström Eriksson ◽  
Thomas Kalling ◽  
Maria Åkesson ◽  
Tobias Fredberg
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
News Source ◽  
New Business ◽  
Ubiquitous Access ◽  
New Business Models

This article presents the consumer view of an innovative m-service, that is, the e-newspaper, which is published for a mobile reading device equipped with an e-paper display. The research question of this article is: What are the implications of the consumer view of future m-service innovation on business models? In this article, we present empirical results from an online survey with 3,626 respondents representing the consumer view. The factor analysis revealed three aspects of consumer preferences, that is, Ubiquitous access, Prestige of news source and Local anchorage and advertising. These were then correlated with media behavior and e-newspaper preferences to indicate three possible market segments. We then discuss the implications that these consumer views could have on developing new business models, followed by a comparison to earlier research. Finally, we propose an integrated e-newspaper business model framework consisting of three models, ubiquitous, local, and prestige.

The Impact of Circular Economy on the Fashion Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-160
Author(s):  
Tugce Aslan ◽  
Adem Akbiyik
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Commercial Markets ◽  
New Business ◽  
Consumer Perspective

The fundamental changes in technology and globalization have changed consumer preferences along with the way people buy and consume. This change has profoundly affected new business models and consumption systems in all commercial markets, including the fashion industry in particular. Moreover, fashion businesses have begun to shift from traditional proprietary access business models to the sharing economy. The effect of the sharing economy or circular economy on the fashion industry is increasing day by day. Clothing sharing services, recycling, and re-use of used garments contribute to environmental sustainability and contribute to economic and social sustainability through sales revenue and employment. However, there is limited academic research on clothing sharing models. This research focuses on Dolap application, a clothing sharing service. It examines the role of trust in clothing sharing services from a consumer perspective. As a result of the analysis, it was found that trust in the platform positively and significantly affected the trust given to the service provider.

scholarly journals Material efficiency: providing material services with less material production

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 (1986) ◽  
pp. 20120496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian M. Allwood ◽  
Michael F. Ashby ◽  
Timothy G. Gutowski ◽  
Ernst Worrell
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Building Design ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Carbon Price ◽  
Material Production ◽  
Material Efficiency

Material efficiency, as discussed in this Meeting Issue, entails the pursuit of the technical strategies, business models, consumer preferences and policy instruments that would lead to a substantial reduction in the production of high-volume energy-intensive materials required to deliver human well-being. This paper, which introduces a Discussion Meeting Issue on the topic of material efficiency, aims to give an overview of current thinking on the topic, spanning environmental, engineering, economics, sociology and policy issues. The motivations for material efficiency include reducing energy demand, reducing the emissions and other environmental impacts of industry, and increasing national resource security. There are many technical strategies that might bring it about, and these could mainly be implemented today if preferred by customers or producers. However, current economic structures favour the substitution of material for labour, and consumer preferences for material consumption appear to continue even beyond the point at which increased consumption provides any increase in well-being. Therefore, policy will be required to stimulate material efficiency. A theoretically ideal policy measure, such as a carbon price, would internalize the externality of emissions associated with material production, and thus motivate change directly. However, implementation of such a measure has proved elusive, and instead the adjustment of existing government purchasing policies or existing regulations— for instance to do with building design, planning or vehicle standards—is likely to have a more immediate effect.

Forecasting the future scale of vehicle to grid technology for electric vehicles and its economic value as future electric energy source: The case of South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1350-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keumju Lim ◽  
Justine Jihyun Kim ◽  
Jongsu Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Power Market ◽  
Grid Technology ◽  
Vehicle To Grid ◽  
Vehicle Purchase

With the world seeking ways to cope with climate change, the interest in and demand for electric vehicles are increasing as part of the efforts to resolve the issue of fine dust, especially in South Korea. The Korean government has consistently announced plans to promote electric vehicles as a means of transportation by providing benefits such as subsidies for electric vehicle purchase and expansion of charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, as electric vehicles continue to grow in number, the energy industry has become attentive to its role as a resource for power generation through vehicle to grid technology. This study analyzes electric vehicle consumer preferences using the discrete choice experiment (DCE) and found that there exists a clear nested structure in Korean consumers’ choice of vehicle. The study also estimates the amount of vehicle to grid electricity supply in the power market and calculates not only national but also individual economic benefit of electric vehicle owners participating in vehicle to grid services based on the estimated amount of electricity supplied. The results of scenario analysis indicate that the estimated electric vehicle supply in Korea will be about 560,000 units cumulatively and that the vehicle to grid electric vehicle power supply scale will reach 1.81 GW by 2030. The estimation shows that the economic benefit of vehicle to grid at the national power market level is 50.9 billion KRW per year, while the economic benefit at an individual level (per vehicle) is 104,151 KRW.

scholarly journals Models of Organisation of Combined (Mixed-Mode) Passenger Transportation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 208-219
Author(s):  
A. V. Guts
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Railway Passenger ◽  
Number Of Customers

The article examines business models for mixedmode (combined) passenger transportation and development of combined passenger transportation as a factor in the growth of capacity of the railway passenger transportation market. The crisis in the transport services market, caused by non-economic factors (COVID‑19 pandemic), is characterized by a classic combination of supply shocks and demand shocks for passenger transportation, which increases relevance of the problem of searching ways to rise the volume of passenger traffic, in particular, by rail, demand for services provided to the public using railway assets.The current approach to increasing the demand for railway passenger transportation by developing the railway route network, improving the equipment of railway stations and the quality of service, expanding the range of services offered, promoting everything that encourages the consumption of services by a larger number of customers, will remain important. Nevertheless, this approach should be critically considered and supplemented in the light of new economic trends motivated by digital technology. That is especially important today, when, in conditions of resource constraints, a strategic organisational solution is needed aimed at scaling a business, achieving an optimal «balance» of costs, quality, competencies, flexibility and customer focus.The organisation of combined passenger transportation involves active «horizontal» interaction of various transport organisations, both among themselves and with different cohorts of passengers with their own consumer preferences and income restrictions. Therefore, the transition from linear business processes built «vertically» to horizontal business processes that offer specialised packages of services through a «single window» system according to uniform standards based on digital technologies is relevant.The article proposes models for organising network interaction of participants in the passenger transportation market based on digital technologies to ensure «seamless» mobility of the population with the consolidating role of railway transport. Specific models for organising combined railway transportation should be based on a specific business model, the choice of which is determined by a strategic decision of the company.

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