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The Evolution of Research on Sustainable Business Models: Implications for Management Scholars

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Business models that lead to reduced consumption of resources and energy and support a Circular Economy can help businesses address the world’s pressing environmental problems. At the same time, they are concepts that have taken decades to garner serious attention in management literature. In this paper we review patterns in scholarship across a wide range of disciplines (sciences, humanities and management) on the Circular Economy and related business models like Extended Producer Responsibility, Product Service Systems, Collaborative Consumption, Sharing Economy, and Voluntary Simplicity. From this review, we discuss how business scholars might learn from these trends, and the implications for future research on business models that will help lower material consumption.

Source: RIT Scholar Works (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Authors: Sandra Rothenberg, Erinn G. Ryen, Anne G. Sherman

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3092544609

FWCI: 0.591

Cites: 54

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10