Business Models for Sustainability: A Co-Evolutionary Analysis of Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation

Organization and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 264-289

  Schaltegger, Stefan ^a   Lüdeke Freund, Florian ^b   Hansen, Erik G ^a,c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

business model; co evolution; corporate sustainability; market transformation; mass market; sustainability innovation; sustainability management; sustainability transformation; sustainable entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84981313721     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026616633272     Document Type: Article

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