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Session Chair: Tim C. McAloone, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Location:Congress Hall Ragusa
Presentations
Operationalizing leverage points in business model design for sustainable systems change
Cadence Hsien1,2, Steve Evans1
1University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology & Research, Singapore
Systems change can help to address sustainability challenges and interventions at deep leverage points of a system can be applied to do so. By studying 9 sustainable entrepreneurial businesses, this paper looked at how entrepreneurial firms used their business to intervene at deep leverage points to facilitate systems change. We then proposed how deep leverage points can be operationalized by developing an approach for sustainable business model innovation and how entrepreneurs can consciously target leverage points when designing their business models to influence sustainable systems change.
Understanding a SPSS-aided packaging-free shopping practice
Ruihua Chen1, Xueqing Miao2
1Beijing Shangyi Heart Technology Co. Ltd., China; 2Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Sustainable service-product systems (SPSSs) aided packaging-free shopping are expected to promote sustainable behaviour through enhanced user experience. Yet, understanding about this kind of practice is scarce. In this study, we adopted a qualitative approach through observations and semi-structured interviews with fifteen young consumers. The results present three stages of the practice and identify the challenges in each stage, using the practice theory as a theoretical basis. In light of these, the future offerings of SPSSs are proposed.
Circular products: the balance between sustainability and excessive margins in design
Arindam Brahma1, Sophie I. Hallstedt1, David C. Wynn2, Ola Isaksson1
1Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2University of Auckland, New Zealand
As the world deals with climate change, it is crucial that new products are designed to be more sustainable. Product design strategies which conform to the Circular Economy principles have recently gained attention, which promote sustainability and resource efficiency. However, such strategies require careful consideration of uncertainties and the ways to mitigate them, e.g. by using margins. The pursuit of circularity can inadvertently lead to overdesign as designers strive to mitigate elevated risks, thereby making a product less sustainable. In this paper, we explore this balance.
Modelling an ecosystem of business models in a circular value chain: the circular business ecosystem model canvas
Avyay Jamadagni1, Marco Aurisicchio1, Lars Nybom2
1Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2Ragn-Sells Group, Sweden
To advance the circular economy, there is a need to take an ecosystem view of business models for circularity in which different actors interact dynamically to create economic, environmental and social value. This research introduces the Circular Business Ecosystem Model Canvas, a novel method to prototype a circular ecosystem of business models. The case of ferric chloride, an inorganic coagulant for wastewater treatment, is used to demonstrate the new canvas and show how it supports the development of a more holistic perspective on sustainability-oriented business model innovation.
Design and collaboration strategies for circular economy implementation across the value chain
Giovana M. Gomes, Daniela C. A. Pigosso, Tim C. McAloone
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Based on circular economy readiness assessments of six value chain layers, 18 design strategies and five collaboration strategies for circular economy were identified. The design strategies have many applications, from the design of materials, products, and processes to business models, and while some are specific to determined layers, others can be addressed by companies in multiple layers. Furthermore, collaboration across the value chain was found to affect positively the employment of circular economy design strategies, contributing to the fulfilment of solutions’ circularity potential.
Product-service systems in large automotive OEMs: characterising the decision-making process when developing and introducing vehicle sharing/pooling schemes
Lucia C. Burtnik Urueta, Elies Dekoninck
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Automotive OEM introduced Product-Service Systems in the past 20 years, challenging their traditional business model. A qualitative study was developed to characterise the decision-making process across 6 case studies, and similar patterns across different enabled the identification of lessons learned and possible future implications. All PSS initiatives were introduced following an Agile/Lean experimental approach, but the opportunistic nature of trials casts doubts in future validity. New testing methods that generate more robust conclusions need to be developed.