Developing sufficiency-oriented offerings for clothing users: Business approaches to support consumption reduction

Freudenreich, Birte; Schaltegger, Stefan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119589

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“…It suggests that blockchain technology can enhance performance and improve collaboration, thereby generating economic benefits and achieving socio-environmental goals. Achieving transparency through blockchain technology is crucial for presenting the added value from sufficiency-oriented offerings [145]. The integration of blockchain technology with smart city concepts, like smart home and smart building, is recommended to improve the sustainability of the building construction sector [146].…”

Section: Modeling/pilotmentioning

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Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Paliwal¹,

Chandra²,

Sharma³

2020

Sustainability

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Through a systematic review of publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals, this paper investigates the role of blockchain technology in sustainable supply chain management. It uses the What, Who, Where, When, How, and Why (5W+1H) pattern to formulate research objectives and questions. The review considers publications since 2015, and it includes 187 papers published in 2017, 2018, 2019, and the early part of 2020, since no significant publications were found in the year 2015 or 2016 on this subject. It proposes a reusable classification framework—emerging technology literature classification level (ETLCL) framework—based on grounded theory and the technology readiness level for conducting literature reviews in various focus areas of an emerging technology. Subsequently, the study uses ETLCL to classify the literature on our focus area. The results show traceability and transparency as the key benefits of applying blockchain technology. They also indicate a heightened interest in blockchain-based information systems for sustainable supply chain management starting since 2017. This paper offers invaluable insights for managers and leaders who envision sustainability as an essential component of their business. The findings demonstrate the disruptive power and role of blockchain-based information systems. Given the relative novelty of the topic and its scattered literature, the paper helps practitioners examining its various aspects by directing them to the right information sources.

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Section: Modeling/pilotmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Paliwal¹,

Chandra²,

Sharma³

2020

Sustainability

145

190

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“…sharing; or the use of corresponding services that can be summarized as "sufficiency". CBMs are concerned with downscaling overall enduser consumption and reducing the tangible products necessary to fulfill user needs (Freudenreich & Schaltegger, 2020). CBM innovations are assumed to contribute more or less intentionally to the deceleration of natural resource consumption by restraining demand by educating and empowering consumers, prolonging product lifetimes, dematerializing value propositions, and adopting a modified attitude of marketing.…”

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Organizational transition management of circular business model innovations

2020

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Scholars and practitioners across fields increasingly recognize that business models for the circular economy may be an effective lever for solving ecological persistent problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and growing natural resource scarcity. Despite a growing interest in the potential of circular business models, interconnections between the organizational dimensions of firms and their business model innovation processes remain underexplored. Based on problem‐centered expert interviews with business consultants experienced in circular business development, this study creates a conceptual model that offers structured knowledge about why firms steadily reproduce linear BMs and how incumbents manifest themselves as a constant linear‐oriented value creation system. The model also demonstrates organizational conditions and management strategies that frustrate the reproduction of linear BMs and, thus, enable initial moves towards CBM innovation. Building on this, the article provides a set of propositions on how an organizational transition management may be configured and what incumbents require to successfully navigate circular business model innovation. The findings provide a foundation for a contemporary understanding of circular business model transition management, which simultaneously serve as impulses for future research investigations.

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“…From this, it can be concluded that the focus on scaling up the business at Oatly has priority before other sufficiency strategies, such as applying conscious sales and marketing techniques, or providing refillable packaging. Future research could investigate the long-term financial viability (e.g., revenues and profits), and costs of implementation (short-and long-term) in association with sufficiency strategies, contributing to the emerging research on the viability of sufficiency approaches in business [3,73].…”

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confidence: 99%

Sufficiency Business Strategies in the Food Industry—The Case of Oatly

2020

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Food is an essential part of our daily lives, but simultaneously, it is a major contributor to environmental issues. The growing world population and changing diets are expected to further exacerbate the negative impact of food production and consumption. This article explores how sufficiency business strategies, focused on moderating consumption levels, can be implemented in the food industry to curb demand and thereby overall resource consumption. First, a literature and practice review are conducted to create a conceptual framework for sufficiency business strategies in the food industry. Second, a case study approach is taken to explore the application of sufficiency strategies at Oatly, a company offering plant-based alternatives to dairy. Semi-structured interviews and review of the company’s sustainability reports are used as key data sources for the case study. This study contributes to research and practice with a novel framework for business sufficiency strategies in the food industry. Although sufficiency implies consumption moderation, it is suggested that when a company substitutes the consumption of a less sustainable option, growth could be desirable. Future research can expand on viable sufficiency strategies for the private sector, but also strategies to engage different stakeholders, such as government, society, and academia, to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system.

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Developing sufficiency-oriented offerings for clothing users: Business approaches to support consumption reduction

Cited by 86 publications

References 49 publications

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Organizational transition management of circular business model innovations

Sufficiency Business Strategies in the Food Industry—The Case of Oatly

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