scholarly journals Recycling Technology Innovation as a Source of Competitive Advantage: The Sustainable and Circular Business Model of a Bicentennial Company

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7723
Author(s):  
José-Antonio Corral-Marfil ◽  
Núria Arimany-Serrat ◽  
Emma L. Hitchen ◽  
Carme Viladecans-Riera
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Recycling Technology

La Farga Yourcoppersolutions is a bicentennial Catalan company that manufactures semi-finished copper products. As copper is a 100% recyclable material, much of the sector’s production comes from secondary copper, scrap, not from mined copper. In the case of La Farga, not only a good part of its output comes from recycled copper, but it is also a world leader in copper-recycling technology. The objective of the paper is to describe La Farga’s business model from the point of view of sustainability and the circular economy. What have been the causes and effects of recycling on the business model? Regarding the methodology, the work follows the research strategy of the case study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from a variety of primary and secondary sources. Economic, social and environmental sustainability of the firm was assessed through financial and non-financial indicators; value-added generation and distribution were calculated from accounting data; and the circular business model was analysed via a thematic analysis: its components, innovation, enablers and barriers. Results show that the presence of barriers forces the implementation of circularity to be gradual and to combine linear and circular models to maintain competitiveness.

Top-Down Approach to Area Development Plan Maturation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yazuwan Sallij Muhammad Yasin ◽  
Ir. Suhana Muhammad ◽  
Wan Fatin Izyan Wan Mohd Zamri ◽  
Shahrul Nizam Mohd Radzi
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Time Constraint ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Conventional Approach ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Study Duration ◽  
Development Concept ◽  
Area Development

Abstract In maturing an Area Development Plan (ADP), most of the data used are incomplete, too fragmented, or sometime due to time constraint; need to be deduced down to assumptions. Due to this fact, an ADP is bound to have updates, even during the course of maturing it. This is where the issue starts. Since the conventional approach is "bottom-up", room to accommodate changes is limited; at times require the whole proposal to be reworked. This is because it focuses on getting the best development concept for a given field first before rolling it up to study the network/interrelationship between fields. A "top-down" approach in maturing an ADP intends to better assist any given team to be agile whilst focusing on value added solutions from a strategic bird's eye point of view. The approach in discussion was adopted and tested to a regional ADP study in year 2020 which initially involves more than 1000 fields (discovered, prospects, and leads). This approach allows for any changes throughout the course of maturing the ADP because, its main focus is to get the best network/interrelationship between fields first, before focusing on the development concept of each of the fields. Other benefits that can be observed by adopting the approach in discussion is a shorter study duration. Based on the case study, the study duration was reduced from 10 months to 6.5 months. With shorter duration too, can help the Company in better manage its manpower resources to focus on things that matters.

scholarly journals A Lean & Green approach for the ecoefficiency assessment on construction sites: description and case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilia de Oliveira Rezende ◽  
Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade ◽  
Andréa Oliveira Nunes ◽  
Vanessa Gomes da Silva ◽  
Virgínia Aparecida Silva Moris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Value Stream Mapping ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Green Approach ◽  
Steel Framing ◽  
Lean And Green

Abstract Lean and Green seeks to increase added value and reduce waste generation, while also improving environmental sustainability performance in production activities. However, no studies were found exploring the potential results by combining Lean and Green with eco-efficiency assessments in the construction sector. Therefore, this paper aimed at proposing and testing a Lean and Green approach in three steps. Step 1 was based on the Value Stream Mapping application to calculate the Value Added of construction activities; step 2 focused on the Life Cycle Assessment of evaluated construction activities, and step 3 performed an eco-efficiency assessment of construction sites to guide decision-makers on selecting more lean and sustainable construction materials and strategies. A case study was developed for a 300m²-house construction considering two build options (reinforced concrete frame vs. light steel frame). The results affirm that light steel framing showed a Value Added 43% higher than the reinforced concrete in step 1, whilst having 8% less Global Warming Potential impacts in step 2. Step 3 concluded that light steel framing was 1.38 times more eco-efficient than the concrete structure. The proposed approach can be suitable for any building system evaluation in terms of construction technologies, materials, and/or production strategies and investigations towards more sustainable production.

scholarly journals Modelo de Gestión de Conocimiento para el Núcleo Universitario Santa Lucía

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Ana Muñoz ◽  
Víctor López ◽  
Vanessa Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Know How ◽  
The University

The present work aims to propose a model of knowledge management for agricultural teaching based on ontologies. Through identification of the business model, business processes, intellectual capital and ontologies, the relationships between each of the parts of the model are described, and the technological elements that support it are presented. From the point of view of knowledge management and ontologies, the model that guides the innovative university is developed, where Santa Lucía Campus of the Universidad Politécnica Territorial de Mérida (UPTM) is the case study. This model describes the elements that define the knowledge of an Agricultural Production Unit from the university, so that it can incorporate the know-how of knowledge management and collaborative learning articulated with ICT applied to educational-productive management in the agricultural sector. Ontology is used as the main mechanism to represent knowledge, defining within a context or domain the meaning of the terms and their relationships. Through the model the technological bases and knowledge necessary in the teaching of agriculture in a university nucleus are structured.Keywords: Ontology, Knowledge Management, Agro-business, Business Model. 

scholarly journals Influencing elements of technological adoption: Case study about management in an educational institution

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 124-145
Author(s):  
Caroline Oliveira Melo ◽  
Maria Conceição Melo Silva Luft ◽  
Ronalty Oliveira Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Toe Framework

This study sought to analyze, from the point of view of educational managers, and based on the TOE framework, the determinants, boosters, and creators of barriers to the adoption and implementation of information and communication technologies within an educational institution. A qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study was conducted, adopting the single case study as the research strategy. The data were collected through interviews, documentary research, and direct observations, later submitted to content analysis. Considering the TOE framework, the results demonstrate that the main determinants of technological adoption are linked to the environmental context; that the boosting elements are arranged in the organizational context; and that the elements that create barriers involve the organizational and environmental contexts.

scholarly journals Circular Economy Model: Insights from a Case Study in South Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Palmieri ◽  
Alessandro Suardi ◽  
Vincenzo Alfano ◽  
Luigi Pari
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
South Italy ◽  
New Business

This study aims to analyze the economic and environmental sustainability of a case study of an energy power plant that produces electricity from pruning residues of olive groves from nine municipalities in southern Italy. To assess the economic sustainability of the agro-energetic chain, the profitability and efficiency ratios are calculated. Moreover, the GHG emissions of the agro-energetic pruning supply chain due to both the pruning collection at the field level, and their combustion for energy production at the power plant, are calculated. To put together the environmental and economic evaluations, the ecoefficiency ratio was calculated to measure the value added per 1Mg of GHG emitted into the atmosphere. The findings show the whole agro-energetic chain, namely the power plant and the collection company have both a good return on owner’s equity (ROE) ratio (15.89% and 31.48%, respectively) and ROI ratio (4.34% and 6.14% respectively). Moreover, the power plant’s ecoefficiency ratio (2.64€ per 1Mg of GHG) is slightly lower than harvest firm one (2.91€ per 1Mg of GHG). The findings could be useful to develop new business models based on the circular economy concept. In fact, the business model proposed could push entrepreneurs towards new income opportunities, at the same time, helping local farms and reducing the environmental impacts.

scholarly journals Research on the Radical Innovation of C2M Business Model—A Case Study on Redcollar MTM Men’s Suits in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingfen Zhou ◽  
Ming Xu ◽  
Rong Di
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Radical Innovation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing

<p class="AbstractWCCM"><span lang="EN-US">For recently years, with the deep integration of informatization and industrialization, traditional manufacturing industries in China have been investigating for the road of transformation and upgrading. A Chinese garment enterprise, named Redcollar Group of China, has successfully transformed and upgraded to high-tech industry with high value added from labor-intensive industry. It is very important to explore the reason, method and business model it has created so as to provide some beneficial advice to China’s traditional manufactures. In this case study, indirect research, field research, comparison research and customers’ experience methods have been used. As a result, it is found that the enterprise has successfully created a C2M business mode of men's custom suits and has succeeded in producing customization suits with large-scale production efficiency. Being the first factory in the world by using industrialization measures to produce thoroughly customized men’s suits, the Redcollar’s C2M model is the revolutionary and disruptive radical innovation which breaks through the traditional suits making, the traditional clothing manufacturing model, the value perception of traditional manufacturing industry and the existing business regulations. </span></p>

scholarly journals Risks/rewards and an evolving business model

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Crick ◽  
Shiv Chaudhry ◽  
James M. Crick
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Marketing ◽  
Instrumental Case Study ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Marketing Planning

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the need for an evolving business model that accounts for social, as well as business-related risks/rewards considerations, that is, for owner-managers with lifestyle as opposed to growth-oriented objectives. Design/methodology/approach The methodological approach undertaken involved in-depth interviews with the firm’s owner-managers, supplemental interviews with members of staff, observation, plus examining documents from secondary sources. Data gathering involved a period of three years to account for an evolving business model over time. Findings The findings from an instrumental case study demonstrate the need to adapt a firm’s business model in the light of changing circumstances. Additionally, in the context of owner-managers with lifestyle as opposed to growth-oriented objectives, to account for social in addition to business-related considerations in planning activities. Originality/value The originality of the study is to incorporate a longitudinal case study in to the entrepreneurial marketing literature. Specifically, this offers implications for business support organisations that advise prospective owner-managers; that is, in respect of the need for effective planning in formulating an evolving and enduring business model. Implications also highlight in a business sense, that turnaround of a poorly performing firm may be possible, for example, to overcome initial inadequate marketing planning. However, for owner-managers with lifestyle as opposed to growth-oriented objectives, a combination of both business and social factors need consideration to maintain a work/life balance. A venture that relies on personal and business relationships may not be viable if the partners cannot work together, no matter if the venture is performing well.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, INNOVATION, AND GOVERNANCE: THE CASE OF THE ECONOMY OF COMMUNION IN ITALY

2019 ◽  
pp. 267-284
Author(s):  
Luca Ozzano
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Global Field ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Social Doctrine

The Economy of Communion (EoC) movement is one of the most interesting phenomena both in today’s Catholicism and in the global field of spiritually oriented entrepreneurship. This model – first elaborated by the founder of the Focolare movement, Chiara Lubich – is focused on a ‘culture of giving’; on the development of a relation of ‘communion’ with employees, customers and even competitors; on transparency and fairness; and on environmental sustainability. Although grounded in the Gospel and the Catholic Church’s social doctrine, it is meant as a business model which can be adopted also by people belonging to other religious traditions, and even by non-believers. This paper, based on interviews to people involved in the EoC movement and on other primary and secondary sources, will analyse the movement in Italy, focusing on a side understudied by the literature: the complex web of organizations which provide it with a structure and a governance. Particularly, the paper will show how such organizations try to strike a balance between preserving the movement’s identity and Chiara Lubich’s message, and spreading the EoC model by trying to make it popular, also outside the Focolare movement.

scholarly journals Toward a Circular Economy in the Toy Industry: The Business Model of a Romanian Company

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Irina Albastroiu Nastase ◽  
Cristian Negrutiu ◽  
Mihai Felea ◽  
Carmen Acatrinei ◽  
Andrei Cepoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Service Model ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Business Model Canvas ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Toy Industry

Nowadays, more and more business organizations are encouraged to find ways to produce high-quality products that are offered to users for their temporary enjoyment and then redistributed or sent to the next user pending. This is done without being conditioned to believe that we need to own something, use it for certain functions for a limited amount of time, and then throw it away. Toys are a perfect candidate for this approach. Given the lack of case studies explaining how companies can design and implement a circular economy in practice, especially in the toy industry, this study aimed to develop a case study based on Evertoys, a start-up operating in Romania, which is a country where the circular economy is only in an infancy phase. This study’s objective was to analyze this business model from the circular economy perspective. Regarding the methodology, the work followed the research strategy of the case study, which was developed by analyzing the opportunities and challenges of this toy-as-a-service model and taking into consideration the components of the Business Model Canvas. Our findings indicated the presence of driving factors, as well as barriers, in the implementation of circular economy practices.

scholarly journals Phantom Housing: The Rise and Fall of Public Housing in North America

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Gianni
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
The City

This paper examines the rise and fall of public housing in North America in order to explore the principle of sustainability. By extension, it addresses the concept of sustainability as it relates to the city. Urbanity is simultaneously the most and least sustainable form of development. While extremely sustainable from the point of view of density (economies of scale, efficient use ofinfrastructure, etc.), it is highly vulnerable to social, political and economic forces. Such forces can easily trump the environmental sustainability of any building or community.The death and transfiguration of key portions of our public housing stock provides insights into this phenomenon – for which I will use Toronto’s Regent Park as a case study. The redevelopment ofthis 69-acre parcel aims to transform a failed social vision into a model for sustainable community development.

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