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Many businesses such as manufacturers base their business model on selling more products. We begi... more Many businesses such as manufacturers base their business model on selling more products. We begin our research with the question: How can we help organizations imagine their business model to be more sustainable? For this action research, we prepared a workshop for 13 manufacturing organizations and undertook a co-creation design process that resulted in more sustainable business model concepts in the sense of economic, environmental and social benefits. We followed up with five participating manufacturers by using design thinking and ended up with our own concepts of more sustainable business models. We report on four advantages of following a dual design process of co-creation and design thinking when generating a vision for more sustainable organizations. In the end, we strike a balance between the engagement of co-creation that leads to pertinence and the guiding ideals that drive the design thinking process.
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Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016
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Résumé Cette recherche a débuté avec l'idée que l'Internet est en train de changer la m... more Résumé Cette recherche a débuté avec l'idée que l'Internet est en train de changer la manière dont nous créons des connaissances et du contenu culturel. Notre point de départ était d'utiliser l'Internet afin de rassembler et amplifier plusieurs points de vue dans un processus de ...
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Many businesses such as manufacturers base their business model on selling more products. With th... more Many businesses such as manufacturers base their business model on selling more products. With the goal of helping organizations design their business models to be more sustainable, a design approach can be used in foresight workshops to arrive at more sustainable business models, as illustrated with five participating small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturers. This is demonstrated by building on three levels of design outcomes: business models, services and products. The results show that the design outcomes were evolutive, open-ended and integrative. The sustainable business model design outcomes address three levels of management decisions in organizations, i.e. strategic, tactical and operational. A pyramid diagram can serve as a guide for SMEs. The design outcomes can inspire other SMEs to generate their own visions of a sustainable business model for their organization.
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Business model innovation is regarded as a promising approach to foster corporate sustainability ... more Business model innovation is regarded as a promising approach to foster corporate sustainability and, in turn, advance sustainable development. Although the value of business model patterns has bee...
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Many businesses such as manufacturers base their business model on selling more product. We begin... more Many businesses such as manufacturers base their business model on selling more product. We begin our research with the question: How can we help organizations imagine their business model to be more sustainable? For this action research, we prepared a workshop for 13 manufacturing organizations and undertook a co-creation design process that resulted in more sustainable business model concepts in the sense of economic, environmental and social benefits. We followed-up with 5 participating manufacturers by using design thinking and ended up with our own concepts of more sustainable business models. We report on four advantages of following a dual design process of co-creation and design thinking when generating a vision for more sustainable organizations. In the end, we strike a balance between the engagement of co-creation that leads to pertinence and the guiding ideals that drive the design thinking process.
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Stories of organizations transforming their business model is nothing new. At some point in time,... more Stories of organizations transforming their business model is nothing new. At some point in time, any organization, big or small, reaches a crossroad where strategic thinking points towards reinvention. However, we argue that most business model changes are not specifically designed for environmental or social benefits but predominantly economic gains. From our literature review, we determine that most research in the nascent field of sustainable business models is concerned with the ends of integrating a sustainability dimension to business models, however there is little empirical research on the means towards that transformation. Our research endeavour is constructivist and multidisciplinary and focuses on the convergence of design, management and sustainability. Our interest lies in the creative aspect of business model innovation when an organization conceptualizes future business models for sustainability. At that phase, we perceive a need for a structured design approach to m...
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