Experimenting with a circular business model: Lessons from eight cases

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 28, Issue , 2018, Pages 79-95

  Bocken, N M P ^a,b   Schuit, C S C ^c   Kraaijenhagen, C ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^c Innoboost   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business model innovation; Circular business experimentation; Experimentation; Lean startup; Sustainable business; Transition

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; BUSINESS; INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85042516817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2018.02.001     Document Type: Article

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