Scaling circular economy business models: A capability perspective

IF 4.8 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Aurélien Acquier, Valentina Carbone, Cécile Ezvan
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In a context of growing environmental challenges, circular economy (CE) business models appear necessary for business to contribute positively to the ecological transition. While platform business models have been identified as a new and promising model in CE, we still lack a fine-grained understanding of the critical capabilities involved in developing and scaling them. To fill this gap, we build on a single case study of Phenix, a French-based fast-growing start-up in the food industry, tackling the issue of food waste. We identify three core managerial capabilities involved in the successful scaling of Phenix's business model. In addition to ecosystem orchestration capabilities, we identify two types of ambidextrous capabilities – forms of ambidexterity operating both at the organizational and at the institutional level. Our analysis highlights the importance of considering these capabilities in a bundle as they collectively contribute to the performance and scaling potential of the business model. We also call for an increased consideration of the role of institutional factors in shaping opportunities to design and scale profitable business models.
推广循环经济商业模式:能力视角
在环境挑战日益严峻的背景下,循环经济(CE)商业模式似乎是企业为生态转型做出积极贡献的必要条件。虽然平台商业模式已被认为是循环经济中一种新的、有前途的模式,但我们仍然缺乏对开发和推广这些模式所涉及的关键能力的深入了解。为了填补这一空白,我们对 Phenix 公司进行了单一案例研究,这是一家总部位于法国的食品行业快速成长型初创企业,致力于解决食品浪费问题。我们确定了 Phenix 商业模式成功推广所涉及的三种核心管理能力。除了生态系统协调能力外,我们还发现了两类灵活能力,即在组织和制度层面上的灵活运作形式。我们的分析强调了将这些能力捆绑在一起考虑的重要性,因为它们共同促进了商业模式的绩效和扩展潜力。我们还呼吁更多地考虑制度因素在形成设计和推广盈利商业模式的机会方面的作用。
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期刊介绍: -To offer rigorous and informed analysis of ethical issues and perspectives relevant to organizations and their relationships with society -To promote scholarly research and advance knowledge in relation to business ethics and corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship by providing cutting edge theoretical and empirical analysis of salient issues and developments -To be responsive to changing concerns and emerging issues in the business ethics and business and society sphere, and to seek to reflect these in the balance of contributions -To be the publication outlet of choice for all types of original research relating to business ethics and business-society relationships. Original articles are welcomed. Each issue will normally contain several major articles, and there will be an occasional FOCUS section which will contain articles on an issue of particular importance and topicality. Other regular features will include editorial interviews, book reviews, comments and responses to published articles, research notes and case studies. Business Ethics: A European Review is well established as an academic research journal which is at the same time readable, user-friendly and authoritative. It publishes both fully refereed scholarly papers and special contributions such as speeches and reviews. The range of contributions reflects the variety and scope of ethical issues faced by business and other organisations world-wide, and at the same time seeks to address the interests and concerns of the journals readership.
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