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- Wadin, Jessica Lagerstedt, et al.
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Joint business model innovation for sustainable transformation of industries - A large multinational utility in alliance with a small solar energy company
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Ingår i: Journal of Cleaner Production. - : Elsevier BV. - 0959-6526. ; 160, s. 139-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Whereas existing business models for sustainability research have mainly focused on business model activities and sustainability outcomes for separate firms, we observe that alliances between small and large firms can influence a large firm's learning and dissemination of sustainable technologies, thereby contributing to the sustainable transformation of mass markets. According to the theoretical framework and a case study, large firms appear to choose a race-to-learn mode of appropriating most of the learning in the alliance, leaving small firms with limited learning outcomes. Within the framework, the race-to-learn mode is the optimal strategy for large firms in a joint innovation process concerning a new technology. However, for a joint innovation process concerning a business model for sustainability, the incentives for large firms to adopt a cooperative innovation mode become considerably stronger. The framework and the case study indicate that a number of factors influence the learning outcomes and longevity of joint business model innovation, leading to different modes of joint business model innovation for sustainability processes.
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- Wadin, Jessica Lagerstedt, et al.
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The Evolution of Capabilities Underpinning Business Model Innovation for Sustainability in Large Incumbent Firms
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Ingår i: International Journal of Innovation Management. - 1363-9196. ; 26:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many studies in traditional business model (BM) literature acknowledge that it is hard for incumbent firms to change their business models, a finding echoed in the business model innovation for sustainability (BMIfS) literature. Large incumbent firms often lack or have weak capabilities needed for sustainability-driven business model innovation. This paper addresses how capabilities for such innovation evolve in large incumbent firms. The research builds on a longitudinal case study in the energy utility industry, and on two theoretical frameworks advanced in previous literature: values-based business model innovation, and capability lifecycles. We conceptually propose a stage-based maturity model of BMIfS. Our model highlights three types of research contributions. First, we propose that the capability development underpinning BMIfS is a nonlinear process of distinct maturity stages. Second, the maturity stages have intermediate transformation junctures that the firm must go through. These junctures either change or initiate the conditions for capability development to be able to advance to the next BMIfS maturity level. Third, the shift in societal, regulatory, competitor, and customer expectations and interests triggers strategic decisions and early development of capabilities that start and push the firm into the transformation junctures.
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