Sustainable innovation, business models and economic performance: an overview

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Boons ◽  
Carlos Montalvo ◽  
Jaco Quist ◽  
Marcus Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Sustainable Innovation

scholarly journals Regional Electricity Models for Community Energy in Germany: The Role of Governance Structures

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2241
Author(s):  
Moritz Ehrtmann ◽  
Lars Holstenkamp ◽  
Timon Becker
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
Desk Research

Community energy actors play an important role in the energy transition, fostering the diffusion of sustainable innovation in the renewable energy market. Because market conditions for business models in the renewable energy sector are changing and feed-in-tariff (FiT) schemes expiring, community energy companies are in the process of innovating their business models. In recent years, several community energy companies in Germany have entered the electricity retail market selling locally generated electricity from their renewable energy installations to customers in their region. We explore the evolving regional electricity business models for community energy companies in Germany, related governance structures, and the role they play for a sustainable energy transition. In order to implement these complex business models, community energy companies cooperate with professional marketing partners (intermediaries), which are capable of taking over the tasks and obligations of electricity suppliers. Through a series of expert interviews and desk research, we identify three distinctive regional electricity business models and examine opportunities and challenges to their implementation. Results show that there are different forms of cooperation, leading to specific governance structures and creating a set of new value propositions. Through these forms of cooperation, business networks emerge, which can function as incubators for sustainable innovation and learning for the post-FiT era.

scholarly journals Biosecurity, crisis management, automation technologies, and economic performance of travel, tourism and hospitality companies – a conceptual framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav Hristov Ivanov ◽  
Craig Webster ◽  
Elitza Stoilova ◽  
Daniel Slobodskoy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Levels Of Automation ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Macroeconomic Implications

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 will have a significant influence on travel, tourism, and hospitality globally. With a massive reduction in tourism globally because of the health crisis, the industry will have to plan recovery and rebuilding of the industry with greater consideration of the biosecurity of customers. A critical element in the reorganisation of the industry will involve the increased incorporation of automation technologies. This paper adopts a supply-side perspective and elaborates on the opportunities that automation technologies provide to travel, tourism, and hospitality companies to mitigate the negative impacts of biosecurity threats on their economic performance. It discusses the costs and benefits of the incorporation of increased levels of automation, especially in regards to the benefits of the safety and health of the consumer. It elaborates on how the current pandemic would stimulate the adoption of automation technologies. Finally, the paper discusses how this fits into the business models of tourism-related industries and outlines the micro- and macroeconomic implications of the greater incorporation of automation into the industry.

scholarly journals Innovative Business Models and Varieties of Capitalism: Financialization of the U.S. Corporation

2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Lazonick
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Executive Pay ◽  
Old Economy ◽  
Stock Buybacks ◽  
The U.S

How does economic organization affect economic performance? This analysis of the historical transformation of the U.S. economy from the business model of the “old economy” to that of the “new economy” demonstrates that the Japanese challenge of the 1980s was an important catalyst for the shift. Anchored by the “Chandlerian” corporation, the old model delivered economic growth that was much more equitable and stable than the new one. Furthermore, the business model that underpinned the Japanese challenge represented a superior version of the old U.S. prototype. The fi nancialization of corporate decision-making under the new paradigm has been the prime source of inequity and instability in U.S. economic performance over the past three decades. As manifested in outsized executive pay and massive stock buybacks, the fi nancialization of the U.S. corporation threatens long-term economic growth.

Study of collaborative PRM business model for sustainability

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1891-1911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Ray ◽  
Sandeep Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Sustainable development comprises three bottom line concepts, i.e. protect environment, improve economic performance, and social performance. Business organization with only profitability as the primary objective may lead to a highly competitive market which mainly focuses on financial performance and pay less attention to environmental and social performance. Companies that adopt the product recovery activities also select economic performance as the prime priority of their business objectives. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief idea about a different kind of business model other than conventional business models. Here, the authors aim to represent collaboration among firms, companies, and players within a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) to build a leading business model that establishes three basic concepts of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach From literature the authors identified that the primary objective of establishing a sustainable business model is environmental issues but achieving economic performance and gaining market share increase competition among companies. The authors also identified that increasing financial performance results in the development of a competitive business model. This literature review helps to represent the concept of collaborative business model, its benefit, and its mechanism and also helps to compare it with competitive business model in terms of sustainability. Findings In case of the collaborative business model, the authors found that collaboration is better than competition to sustain in the market. The authors described the collaborative business model and mechanism of both competitive and collaborative business strategies in a CLSC. The authors gave an idea to adopt some well-known business model and pricing policies for the collaborating firms. The authors presented a comparison between the collaborative and competitive business model and also identified different types of collaborative and completive relationship among the players within a CLSC. Originality/value Government legislations, e-waste rules, and environmental rules involve original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for taking back its end-of-life (EOL)/end-of-use products. A collaborative business model helps OEM to manage those huge amounts of used products by involving third parties within the supply chain. Here, in this paper the authors represent different collaborative parties and their purpose for collaboration, and also represent a strong belief that collaborative business model is the recent trend for establishing sustainability than competitive business model.

Study on the impacts of sharing business models on economic performance of distributed PV-Battery systems

Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 544-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyan Tang ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Benjamin Mclellan ◽  
Hailong Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Battery Systems
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