Purpose: This paper analyses the efforts and challenges met by Small and Medium contractors to develop new business models when struggling to implement retrofit solutions for s ingle house owners' renovation. Design/methodology/approach: The paper builds on a four years action research project...

Purpose: Functioning of business models that follow the philosophy of circular economy is a growing research theme but discussion about the potential and the limitations of such business models remains unstructured. We provide a focused perspective on the meaning of complementarity between the...

Purpose. This study reports on a master-level university course that teaches sustainability by conveying factual and methodological knowledge in terms of business model development. Design/methodology/approach. We designed the course based on several years of experience and knowledge obtained...

Purpose: This paper rectifies a dearth in current research and investigates the coevolution of traditional and sustainable business models under one corporate roof. By taking on a paradox perspective, firms’ solutions and mechanisms to cope with the paradoxical situations that arise throughout...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is two-fold: First, we provide an analysis of sustainability topics that occurred in business models deployed in early-phase start-up projects. Second, we investigated potential drivers that led to the inclusion of sustainability aspects in different business...

Purpose: A systematic review of the literature on circular business models was performed, for synthesis of what it reveals about the role and value of data in those models. The increasing quantity of supply-chain and life-cycle data available has potential to be a signifi­cant driver of...

Purpose: This paper explores the challenges sustainable business model (SBM) studies may face related to the information gathered during the data collection process, and elaborates on how transdisciplinary research can help to overcome these challenges. Our contribution is based on the...