A Boundary Tool for Multi-stakeholder Sustainable Business Model Innovation.

Autor: Velter MGE; Maastricht Sustainability Institute, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.; Fontys Centre of Expertise on Circular Transitions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, De Lismortel 25, 5612 AR Eindhoven, The Netherlands., Bitzer V; Maastricht Sustainability Institute, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.; KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 64, 1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Bocken NMP; Maastricht Sustainability Institute, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.; International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Box 196 221 00, Lund, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Circular economy and sustainability [Circ Econ Sustain] 2022; Vol. 2 (2), pp. 401-431. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 14.
DOI: 10.1007/s43615-021-00103-3
Abstrakt: Sustainable business model innovation cannot reach its full sustainability potential if it neglects the importance of multi-stakeholder alignment. Several studies emphasize the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to enable sustainable business model innovation, but few studies offer guidance to companies for engaging in such a collaborative process. Based on the concept of boundary work, this study presents a tested process tool that helps companies engage with multiple stakeholders to innovate sustainable business models. The tool was developed in three iterative phases, including testing and evaluation with 74 participants in six sustainable business model innovation cases. The final process tool consists of five steps to facilitate multi-stakeholder alignment for sustainable business model innovation: (1) defining a collective ambition, (2) mapping and negotiating the changing organizational boundaries, (3) exploring opportunities and tensions for aligning stakeholders, (4) defining first interventions and (5) developing a collaboration pitch. We found that the tool enables discussions and negotiations on sensitive topics, such as power reconfigurations and mutual responsibilities to help stakeholders align. For companies, the boundary tool enriches sustainable business model innovation by offering guidance in the process of redesigning their multi-stakeholder system, assessing their own organizational boundaries, exploring, negotiating and prioritizing strategic actions based on organizational boundary changes and kick-starting new partnerships.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors declare no competing interests.
(© The Author(s) 2021.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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