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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Davies, Iain A.
• Chambers, Liudmila

Titel

Integrating hybridity and business model theory in sustainable entrepreneurship

Ist Teil von

• Journal of cleaner production, 2018-03, Vol.177, p.378-386

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper investigates the means by which business model innovations help mitigate hybrid tensions in sustainable entrepreneurs. By integrating the sustainable business models, and hybrid entrepreneurship literature it highlights the overlap between the discourses in these fields. An in-depth exploration of ten sustainable entrepreneurs then demonstrates common business model innovation to ameliorated hybridity related tensions. [Display omitted] •Synthesizes the relationship between hybrid organizational tensions and sustainable business models.•Presents a series of common hybrid tensions in sustainable entrepreneurs relating to product development, customer segments, channel management, network management, resource acquisition, supply chain and logistics management, revenue generation activities, and cost structures.•Demonstrates how hybrid business models which integrate triple bottom-line value capture into a holistic approach ameliorate hybrid tensions.•Proposes that parallel business models are subjected to mission drift.