Summary
Between 2013 and 2015, we compiled and co-edited an Organization & Environment (Sage) special issue on “Business Models for Sustainability”. The special issue was published in March 2016 and contains the following articles:
- Schaltegger, S.; Hansen, E. & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (2016): Business Models for Sustainability: Origins, Present Research, and Future Avenues, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 3-10, DOI
- Roome, N. & Louche, C. (2016): Journeying Toward Business Models for Sustainability: A Conceptual Model Found Inside the Black Box of Organisational Transformation, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 11-35, DOI
- Wells, P. (2016): Economies of Scale Versus Small Is Beautiful: A Business Model Approach Based on Architecture, Principles and Components in the Beer Industry, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 36-52, DOI
- Randles, S. & Laasch, O. (2016): Theorising the Normative Business Model, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 53-73, DOI
- Abdelkafi, N. & Täuscher, K. (2016): Business Models for Sustainability From a System Dynamics Perspective, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 74-96, DOI
- Upward, A. & Jones, P. (2016): An Ontology for Strongly Sustainable Business Models: Defining an Enterprise Framework Compatible With Natural and Social Science, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 97-123, DOI
- Gauthier, C. & Gilomen, B. (2016): Business Models for Sustainability: Energy Efficiency in Urban Districts, Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 124-144, DOI
Keywords
Business model, sustainable entrepreneurship, sustainability innovation, organisational transformation, market transformation, Organization & Environment, special issue
Reference
Schaltegger, S.; Hansen, E. & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (2016): Business Models for Sustainability – Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transformation (Special Issue), Organization & Environment, Vol. 29, No. 1, 3-144.
Florian Lüdeke-Freund 