The sustainable business model pattern taxonomy—45 patterns to support sustainability-oriented business model innovation

Lüdeke‐Freund, Florian; Carroux, Sarah; Joyce, Alexandre; Massa, Lorenzo; Breuer, Henning

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2018.06.004

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“…) and has been applied to a wide variety of conventional and sustainable business models (Lüdeke‐Freund et al. ; Remane et al. ; Stubbs and Cocklin ).…”

Section: Morphological Analysis and Typology Of Circular Economy Busimentioning

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A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns

Lüdeke‐Freund

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Bocken

2018

J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary The circular economy (CE) requires companies to rethink their supply chains and business models. Several frameworks found in the academic and practitioner literature propose circular economy business models (CEBMs) to redefine how companies create value while adhering to CE principles. A review of these frameworks shows that some models are frequently discussed, some are framework specific, and some use a different wording to refer to similar CEBMs, pointing to the need to consolidate the current state of the art. We conduct a morphological analysis of 26 current CEBMs from the literature, which includes defining their major business model dimensions and identifying the specific characteristics of these dimensions. Based on this analysis, we identify a broad range of business model design options and propose six major CEBM patterns with the potential to support the closing of resource flows: repair and maintenance; reuse and redistribution; refurbishment and remanufacturing; recycling; cascading and repurposing; and organic feedstock business model patterns. We also discuss different design strategies to support the development of these CEBMs.

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“…) and has been applied to a wide variety of conventional and sustainable business models (Lüdeke‐Freund et al. ; Remane et al. ; Stubbs and Cocklin ).…”

Section: Morphological Analysis and Typology Of Circular Economy Busimentioning

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A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns

Lüdeke‐Freund

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Bocken

2018

J of Industrial Ecology

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“…Along these lines, Lüdeke‐Freund, Carroux, Joyce, Massa, and Breuer () provide a BMfS pattern taxonomy developed through literature review, Delphi survey, and physical card sorting, aiming at synthesizing and consolidating knowledge about existing BMfS patterns. In their taxonomy, Ludeke‐Freund et al (2018) identified 45 BMfS patterns (e.g., “industrial symbiosis”, “market‐oriented social mission,” “Crowdfunding,” and so forth) categorized into 11 different groups (e.g., “closing‐the‐loop patterns”, “social mission patterns,” “financing patterns,” and so forth) according to their ecological, social, and economic dimensions of sustainable value creation.…”

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“…These archetypes are categorized in three clusters: (a) technological grouping that maximize material and energy efficiency, create value from waste, and substitute with renewables and natural processes; (b) social grouping that deliver functionality rather than ownership, adopt a stewardship role, and encourage sufficiency; (c) organizational grouping that repurpose for society/environment and develop scale-up solutions(Bocken et al, 2014). More recently,Ritala, Huotari, Bocken, Albareda, and Puumalainen (2018) propose an updated version of the sustainable BM archetypes, by adding the "inclusive value creation" archetype in the organizational group, to reflect the increasing success of inclusive, peer-to-peer and sharing BMs.Along these lines, Lüdeke-Freund, Carroux,Joyce, Massa, and Breuer (2018) provide a BMfS pattern taxonomy developed through literature review, Delphi survey, and physical card sorting, aiming at synthesizing and consolidating knowledge about existing BMfS patterns. In their taxonomy, Ludeke-Freund et al (2018) identified 45…”

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Dynamic business modeling for sustainability: Exploring a system dynamics perspective to develop sustainable business models

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In the last decade, business models for sustainability have gained increasing attraction by corporate sustainability scholars with international conferences and scientific journals encouraging the development of the debate on their design, use and innovation processes. Capitalizing on the basic principles, requirements, and methodological limitations found in the literature on sustainability-oriented business model design, this paper aims to conceptualize a dynamic business modeling for sustainability approach, which combines an adapted sustainable business model canvas and system dynamics modeling. To this end, the paper also illustrates the key operating principles of the proposed approach through an exemplary application to Patagonia's business model. Findings suggest that dynamic business modeling for sustainability may contribute to sustainable business model research and practice by introducing a systemic design tool, which frames environmental, social, and economic drivers of value generation into a dynamic business model causal feedback structure, thus overcoming methodological gaps of the extant business model design tools. KEYWORDSbusiness model design, business models for sustainability, dynamic business modeling, sustainability, system dynamics modeling

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“…The next section will discuss major strategies for sustainable production and consumption and introduce sustainable business model (SBM) patterns as a way of supporting these strategies within the framework of SSC. Building on our prior work in this domain (Froese, 2017;Lüdeke-Freund et al, 2018a;2018b;2019a;2019b;Schaltegger et al, 2012;, the authors of this chapter will discuss the link between business models and SSC and introduce a framework focusing on sustainability strategies and SBM patterns. Finally, we will introduce some new…”

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