The concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV), where both economic, social, and ecological values are included in business models, has received increasing attention in recent years. The concept has been incorporated in different Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) at the Bottom of the Pyramid, which will be the context this research will be focussing on. However, there …
This research aims to rectify a paucity in current research and investigates the coevolution of traditional and sustainable business models under one corporate roof. Through a paradox lens, firms’ solutions and mechanisms to cope with the paradoxical situations that arise throughout the coevolution are determined and analyzed. This is executed conducting seven case studies of …
This thesis analyses the adoption of New Business Models in multinational corporations. The aim of this research is to develop a tool to measure the extent to which multinational corporations adopt New Business Models. Additionally, the measurement tool can be used to compare the extent to which a multinational corporation adopts New Business Models with …
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Only decades ago, the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) made its appearanceinto the field of international business. Although subject to large criticism, the concept of CSRhas been widely adopted by the businesses sector. At that time, CSR was dominantly focusedon the responsibility of the entrepreneur. In the present time, we experience a shift from …
Several authors claim that we currently live in an era of economic change because the traditional business models, driven by profit, are unsustainable. New business models evolve in the direction of a shared value approach, where cooperation among diverse parties (business, citizens, and government) is essential to create other values besides profit. This research aims …
Several authors claim that we currently live in an era of change, because the existingmodel is not sustainable. Collaboration among different parties (government, citizens andcompanies) to create other values besides economic is essential to evolve into the direction ofnew sustainable models. This transition faces some barriers including the establishedtraditions, rules and laws and the existing …
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This master thesis tries to give new insights about future business model opportunities by scrutinizingsocial entrepreneurs and their community building aspects. Taking business- models and ideas ofPorter (Kramer & Porter, 2011) and Jonker (Jonker, 2014) in the multi-actor multi-value matrix byPennink (Pennink, 2016) into account one could see that those models have a strong companyperspective. …
Sharing value refers to a management strategy in the business context first introduced by Porter and Kramer (2006) proposing that creating economic value by addressing societal issues and challenges increases an organizations productivity and innovation thereby facilitating its competitive advantage on the market. Since, the number of hybrid organizations mixing social and economic value systems …
We are currently transitioning from an unsustainable, linear economy to a sustainable circular economy (Broekhoven, 2018). The current transaction model where the company takes the lead should change to a model where many actors create a coherent set of values together (Jonker, 2016). This model is called multi-value creation and leads to new, sustainable business …
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This paper aims to address the dearth of scientific literature on the communication process of sustainability transition in emerging markets/countries, as well as the newly arising literature on New Business Model. At the current stage, some developing countries still have an unfavorable infrastructure for sustainability. New Business Model with global partnership can take an essential …