Sustainable business model innovation: A review

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Abstract

The capability to rapidly and successfully move into new business models is an important source of sustainable competitive advantage and a key leverage to improve the sustainability performance of organisations. However, research suggests that many business model innovations fail. Despite the importance of the topic, the reasons for failure are relatively unexplored, and there is no comprehensive review of the sustainable business model innovation literature. This research provides a review of the literature, using a systematic database search and cross-reference snowballing. Its key contributions are: (1) a review of the key underlying concepts, discussing their similarities and differences and offer new definitions where there is an identified need; (2) we identify a research gap; and (3) we deduct research questions to address the gap.

Publication Date
2018
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Acceptance Date
2018-06-22
Keywords
Business model innovation, Sustainable business model, Challenges, Review, Barriers, Circular business model
Journal Title
Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal ISSN
0959-6526
1879-1786
Volume Title
198
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
EPSRC (1619792)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I033351/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L019914/1)