The wide range of topics that the book covers are organised into sections reflecting a cradle to grave view of how entrepreneurial, innovative, and tech-savvy approaches can advance environmental sustainability in the fashion sector. These sections include: sustainable materials; innovation in...

The advance of the fifth generation (5G) network globally has completely changed business models, giving rise to the birth of new companies with their business models and the adaptation of existing companies. This change is greatest in developing countries where 5G network deployment is scarce...

Understanding Business Models (BMs) has become an essential capability for organizations seeking to drive growth, revitalize a lagging core or defend against industry disruption. However, this concept still has multiple interpretations, as it is often intertwined with others, like business...

The purpose of this research is to develop a methodological approach to assessing the impact of the architecture effectiveness of the enterprise business model on the level of its competitiveness. The study methodology suggests the author's approach to assessing the architecture effectiveness...

Purpose of the article: The purpose of this article is to introduce and explain the economic difficulty of transforming a company's business model and examine the change through selected economic theories. Methodology/methods: The methodology for the conduction of this paper is based on the...

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...

With the growing prominence of digital technologies, the business model concept has become increasingly popular in the digital innovation domain. Research on how digital technologies enable business model innovation has so far mainly taken an inside-out perspective focussing on, for example, an...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the more recent generative technologies are disrupting many activities related to strategy and operations within organizations. Business model design is no exception. We define business model design as an iterative process involving a combination of creativity,...

Business sustainability is a factor that businesses, especially SMEs, are giving more and more thought to. Businesses are now looking for methods to integrate sustainable practices into their operations while keeping their business models intact as a result. This study primarily looks at how...

The paper refers to the identification and classification of Living Agroecological Laboratories (ALL) and the selection of the most relevant ALL- Organic in the South-Muntenia and South-East development regions of Romania in 2021. Hypotetically, an Agroecology Living Laboratory should be any...

A business model basically describes the way a company makes money. Yet, often we use digital services for free (e.g. Facebook, Google or WhatsApp) or for what seems to be a relatively minor price (e.g. Blablacar, Airbnb, and Amazon). Digital business models are different to traditional business...

The objective of the article is to develop and test in practice a mechanism for constructing AI/ML-based predictions, adapted for use in the system of government socio-economic administration in Ukraine. Research design is represented by several methods like qualitative analysis in order to...

Many companies have been and are implementing diversification to take advantage of capital, reduce risks, and increase revenue for enterprises. At the same time, government support is considered to have positive implications for companies. This study was conducted to assess the impact of...

To enhance the competitiveness of the traditional handicraft industry, providers should offer service experiences using their products (i.e., servitization) instead of merely selling them. Effective management for servitization in the traditional handicraft industry must consider the differences...

In this paper, we analyze the business models of Germany's biggest lending platforms smava, auxmoney, and Lendico to identify a standard business model as a dominant design in this industry. We use a mixed method approach in which a case study at firm level is conducted to analyze and contrast...

If a hydrogen economy is to become a reality, along with efficient and decarbonized production and adequate transportation infrastructure, deployment of suitable hydrogen storage facilities will be crucial. This is because, due to various technical and economic reasons, there is a serious...

Modern hotel business models tend to split ownership of the property and its business operations. It can be assumed that a good-quality hotel facility per se can easily achieve high customer satisfaction. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of customer perception of hotel...

Purpose: Disruptive innovation has been considered an important input to the economic growth of a business operation. Responding to the changing landscape towards disruptive innovation resulting from advanced technological development, the UAE government has started to focus seriously on the...

We examine whether business model concepts, that demonstrate significant convergence to Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) attributes, fit to DLT ecosystem characteristics and identify similarities and deflections. We answer the question whether the appropriate DLT business model is totally...

For a long time, researchers and practitioners have implicitly drawn from the notion of complexity and complex systems to better explain business model dynamics. However, for analytical tractability, the nonlinear nature of the construct has never been explicitly acknowledged. To date, the...

This article aims to understand how organizations can simultaneously manage their business model innovation and replication processes. Using an exploratory qualitative approach, we analyze Airbnb’s business model innovation and replication processes when the company launched its new value...