scholarly journals 3 MARIAS: FROM WOMEN FOR WOMEN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Menegon ◽  
Adrian Cernev ◽  
José Bailan
Keyword(s):  
Model Validation ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Business Incubator ◽  
Validation Process ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Social Management

Objective of the case: Help students to evaluate the difficulties of the entrepreneurial process, observing the particularities that involve the conception of the business and its validation, the distance between the concept of the business and its effective operationalization and monetization. Methodology / approach: teaching case in Management, based on a real enterprise, started in a business incubator. Methodology / approach: Teaching case in Management, based on a real enterprise, started in a business incubator. Main results: The case favors reflections about the methodologies adopted in the business model validation process, as well as the construction of your MVP. Theoretical / methodological contributions: Develop in the student the ability to evaluate the business model validation process, from the interviews to the MVP. Relevance / originality: Encourage critical discussion about building a startup's MVP. The case also provides a debate on the gap between the conception of the business model and its operationalization, including with regard to the financial sustainability of the proposed model. Social / management contributions: helping students to face the difficulties of the business model validation process when building an MVP, as well as developing a financial support model for a social impact enterprise.

A Circular Business Model for Cloud Computing Services Providers

10.31355/33 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Hamed Motaghi ◽  
Saeed Nosratabadi ◽  
Thabit Qasem Atobishi
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Cloud Computing Service

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED WITH THE INFORMING SCIENCE INSTITUTE. Aim/Purpose................................................................................................................................................................................................. The main objective of the current study is to develop a business model for service providers of cloud computing which is designed based on circular economy principles and can ensure the sustainable consumption. Background Even though the demand for cloud computing technology is increasing day by day in all over the world, the current the linear economy principles are incapable to ensure society development needs. To consider the benefit of the society and the vendors at the same time, the principles of circular economy can address this issue. Methodology................................................................................................................................................................................................. An extensive literature review on consumption, sustainable consumption, circular economic, business model, and cloud computing were conducted. the proposed model of Osterwalder, Pigneur and Tucci (2005) is admitted designing the circular business model. Contribution................................................................................................................................................................................................. The proposed model of the study is the contribution of this study where provides the guidelines for the cloud computing service providers to achieve both their economic profits and the society’ needs. Findings Finding reveals that if the cloud computing service providers design their business model based on the “access” principle of circular economy, they can meet their economic profits and the society’ needs at a same time. Recommendations for Practitioners.............................................................................................................................................................. It is recommended to the startup and the existing businesses to utilize the proposed model of this study to reach a sustainable development. Recommendation for Researchers................................................................................................................................................................ It proposes a new circular business model and its linkages with community building. Impact on Society............................................................................................................................................................................................ The proposed model of the study provides guidelines to the cloud computing service providers to design a business model which is able not only to meet their economic profit, but also to meet the society’s and customers’ benefits. Future Research............................................................................................................................................................................................... Future researches can build on this research model which proposed in this study to examine the limitations of this model by using empirical researches.

scholarly journals The Role of Social Enterprise Hybrid Business Models in Inclusive Value Chain Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Bob Doherty ◽  
Pichawadee Kittipanya-Ngam
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
Hybrid Organisations

This study contributes to the growing interest in hybrid organisations, sustainable business models and inclusive value chain development (IVCD). Recent work has identified that of some 570 million farmers in the world, more than 475 million farmers are smallholders in low-middle-income countries experiencing increasing food insecurity and rural poverty. Research argues that there is a lack of research that provides work on appropriate solutions for smallholders. This paper answers this call by a qualitative study of ten case studies, which draws on hybrid organising, sustainable business model and IVCD research to identify the novel business model characteristics that hybrid organisations use to create and manage more inclusive value chains for smallholders. These hybrid organisations are designed to create a value proposition that delivers sustainability upgrading for smallholders via both product, process and governance upgrades, empowers smallholders to achieve development goals and creates multiple value for social impact. We therefore identify the important characteristics of the hybrid business model to provide appropriate solutions for smallholders and overcome the challenges identified in the inclusive value chain development literature.

scholarly journals Predicting Corporate Financial Sustainability Using Novel Business Analytics

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoung-jae Kim ◽  
Kichun Lee ◽  
Hyunchul Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Financial Distress Prediction ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Distress Prediction

Measuring and managing the financial sustainability of the borrowers is crucial to financial institutions for their risk management. As a result, building an effective corporate financial distress prediction model has been an important research topic for a long time. Recently, researchers are exerting themselves to improve the accuracy of financial distress prediction models by applying various business analytics approaches including statistical and artificial intelligence methods. Among them, support vector machines (SVMs) are becoming popular. SVMs require only small training samples and have little possibility of overfitting if model parameters are properly tuned. Nonetheless, SVMs generally show high prediction accuracy since it can deal with complex nonlinear patterns. Despite of these advantages, SVMs are often criticized because their architectural factors are determined by heuristics, such as the parameters of a kernel function and the subsets of appropriate features and instances. In this study, we propose globally optimized SVMs, denoted by GOSVM, a novel hybrid SVM model designed to optimize feature selection, instance selection, and kernel parameters altogether. This study introduces genetic algorithm (GA) in order to simultaneously optimize multiple heterogeneous design factors of SVMs. Our study applies the proposed model to the real-world case for predicting financial distress. Experiments show that the proposed model significantly improves the prediction accuracy of conventional SVMs.

scholarly journals Digital Platforms for the Common Good: Social Innovation for Active Citizenship and ESG

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Evangelos Katsamakas ◽  
Kostapanos Miliaresis ◽  
Oleg V. Pavlov
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common

The platform business model has attracted significant attention in business research and practice. However, much of the existing literature studies commercial platforms that seek to maximize profit. In contrast, we focus on a platform for volunteers that aims to maximize social impact. This business model is called a platform for the common good. The article proposes a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) model that explains how a platform for the common good creates value. Our model maps the key strategic feedback loops that constitute the core structure of the platform and explains its growth and performance through time. We show that multiple types of network effects create interlocking, reinforcing feedback loops. Overall, the article contributes towards a dynamic theory of the platforms for the common good. Moreover, the article provides insights for social entrepreneurs who seek to build, understand, and optimize platforms that maximize social value and managers of companies that seek to participate in such platforms. Social entrepreneurs should seek to leverage the critical feedback loops of their platform.

Development of a Simulation Model for Optimization of Business Process

2018 ◽  
pp. 26-42
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Model Validation ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Model Validity ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
New Research

Optimization of business process assists in efficient organization of business process. For the success of optimization of business process, a simulation model based on gap processes for the analysis of buyers' burstiness in business process has been proposed. However, the model has to be validated. The aim of the research is to implement a validation approach to the simulation model based on gap processes for the optimization of business process underpinning elaboration of a new research question on the model validity. The meaning of the key concepts of “validation,” “model validation,” and “model validation approach” is studied. The results of the present research show that the application of real system measurements validates the simulation model for the optimization of business process. The novel contribution of the manuscript is revealed in the newly created research question on the proposed model validity. Directions of future research are proposed.

The Problem in Youth Social Entrepreneurship

Making Change ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Tina P. Kruse
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Youth Programs ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Clear Definition ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
Proposed Model

This chapter outlines central concerns to the book’s proposed model. This chapter highlights the lack of a clear definition and a common language to drive youth social entrepreneurship’s implementation and collaboration among stakeholders. It includes a review of original research into existing youth programs to suggest a typology within the youth social entrepreneurship field. Many example programs are described to help illustrate the suggested typology. Last, this chapter discusses the significant challenges to the measurement of youth social entrepreneurship’s impact and the noted necessity to identify evidence to move the field forward. Of particular note, the location-specificity for youth program effectiveness contributes to a lack of generalizability, an issue that needs to be resolved for measuring social impact of targeted practices.

Hardwarezone

2011 ◽  
pp. 31-47
Author(s):  
Chee Chang Tan ◽  
Gek Woo Tan
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Web Site ◽  
New Age ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
Advertising Revenue ◽  
Net Assets ◽  
Short Span ◽  
Dot Com ◽  
Media Company

Hardwarezone.com is rated the top IT media Web site in Singapore by Hitwise, with more than 32 million page visits per month (Chellam, 2004). It provides 100% proprietary and localized content on IT news, product releases, and numerous member-centric services, such as hardware pricelists and forums. What started as a hobby for six undergraduates on an SGD $1,000 capital became a new-age media company with over SGD $200,000/month in advertising revenue and SGD $2 million in net assets within a short span of six years. Their success and continued growth today is exceptional, considering how most of its competitors and other dot-com ventures in Singapore have fallen by the wayside or stagnated after the dot-com crisis during mid-1999. This teaching case will chart the evolution of Hardwarezone’s business model and strategies through its humble beginnings and the challenges to the company as a result of the dot-com crisis and thereafter.

Reshaping the Business Incubator Model: The Case of the Value Chain Model of Innovation Works in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingfeng Tang ◽  
Cuiwen Li ◽  
Angathevar Baskaran ◽  
Yu Cheng ◽  
VGR Chandran
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Business Incubator ◽  
Value Capture ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Chain Business

Since the late 1980s, the business incubator model in China has been evolving—from the early traditional model that focused mainly on providing basic services, such as office space and one-stop administrative services, to an emerging value chain model (value position, value creation, value transfer and value capture), which efficiently combines the profits of an incubator with the success of its incubating tenant ventures. This article analyses the case of ‘Innovation Works’, which is one of the pioneers of the value chain model in China. It raises the following research questions: (a) how does the incubator business model evolve over time in China? (b) What differentiates the value chain business incubator model from the traditional model? (c) What are the critical elements that contribute to the success of a value chain business incubator model? Using primary data gathered through interviews, on-site visits and surveys, the study found that the incubator business model in China has been reshaping towards more complex value propositions and more efficient value chain models. The study also found that specialisation, flat organisational structure and professional management team are the critical elements that contribute to the success or efficient performance of the value chain business incubator model. This article makes significant contributions to the literature and draws policy implications for future business incubator development—both in China and in other emerging economies.

Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Empowering Rickshaw Pullers

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-177
Author(s):  
Shalaghya Sharma ◽  
Anjani K. Singh ◽  
Amarendra Pratap Singh
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Product Launch ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Bottom Of The Pyramid ◽  
The Social

This case presents the innovative approach adopted by a for-profit social enterprise through utilization of technology, changed processes and improved business models to deliver the desired social impact. It also highlights the various challenges that the social entrepreneur faced and how the bottom of the pyramid was uplifted through success of this new social entrepreneurial venture. The case study is based on an interview conducted with the founder and managing director of SMV Wheels Pvt. Ltd. An exploratory schedule was prepared, and the researchers tried to develop an understanding of the business model deployed, challenges faced, competencies needed and strategic decisions made by the social entrepreneur that helped it in becoming sustainable. The challenges highlighted in the case study were lack of trust of beneficiaries, stakeholder scepticism, funding the business, testing the business model, need to retain self-motivation, handling family opposition and building a team. Moreover, with the use of technology, the traditional rickshaw was converted into a lightweight, technologically superior and cost-effective model; the health hazards were minimized; and the product became accessible with small weekly payments. Dilemma How to alleviate the daily struggle of the rickshaw pullers who perform labour-intensive work with meagre income? Their children lacked access to schools, no nutritious food was available, many rickshaw pullers consumed alcohol on a regular basis, domestic violence was prevalent, they were unable to afford good healthcare and suffered from diseases such as tuberculosis. What could be done for them? Theory: New product launch. Product and process innovations. Type of the Case: Problem solving and applied. Protagonist: Present. Options Redesign the rickshaw as a lightweight vehicle requiring less effort to pull. Strengthen supply side and easy access to bank financing, revenue sharing from advertisements. Discussions and Case Questions How to further optimize economic and social value creation? What steps can reduce the cost of a rickshaw while making it robust but lightweight? Perhaps a community of networks of rickshaw pullers in different towns can give critical mass to better negotiate with the vendors. What can be done for the welfare of the dependents of the rickshaw pullers?

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