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Dynamic business modeling for sustainability: Exploring a system dynamics perspective to develop sustainable business models
Francesco RosatiVinicius Picanco RodriguesVinicius Picanco RodriguesFederico Cosenzsubject
Value (ethics)Process managementStrategy and ManagementGeography Planning and Development010501 environmental sciencesManagement Monitoring Policy and LawBusiness model01 natural sciencesSettore SECS-P/07 - Economia Aziendale0502 economics and businessdynamic business modelingbusiness model designBusiness and International Management0105 earth and related environmental sciencesStructure (mathematical logic)Dynamic Business Modeling05 social sciencesDesign toolsustainabilitySystem dynamicsCorporate sustainabilitySustainabilitybusiness models for sustainabilityBusinesssystem dynamics modeling050203 business & managementdescription
In the last decade, business models for sustainability have gained increasing attraction by corporate sustainability scholars with international conferences and scientific journals encouraging the development of the debate on their design, use and innovation processes. Capitalizing on the basic principles, requirements, and methodological limitations found in the literature on sustainability‐oriented business model design, this paper aims to conceptualize a dynamic business modeling for sustainability approach, which combines an adapted sustainable business model canvas and system dynamics modeling. To this end, the paper also illustrates the key operating principles of the proposed approach through an exemplary application to Patagonia's business model. Findings suggest that dynamic business modeling for sustainability may contribute to sustainable business model research and practice by introducing a systemic design tool, which frames environmental, social, and economic drivers of value generation into a dynamic business model causal feedback structure, thus overcoming methodological gaps of the extant business model design tools.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-14 |