Lorenzo Massa
Biographic Data
| ID | 9301648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorenzo Massa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Massa |
| SIGNATURE | MASSA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalborg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6247-7355 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What Makes a Business Model Sustainable? Activities, Design Themes, and Value Functions
What makes a business model sustainable? To answer this question, we conducted a systematic review of 390 journal articles on business models for sustainability (BMfS). Building on the activity system perspective, we engaged in an active categorization process, in which we identified 26 activity groups focused on 12 design themes. These activities and design themes are associated with organizations’ potential to use their business models to contr…
Brokerage dynamics in technology transfer networks
Sustainability as a Competitive Tool for the Brave? Or for the Best? A Behavioral Theory Perspective
Who invests in sustainability as a strategic choice? We adopt a behavioral theory perspective to explain the heterogeneity of sustainability-driven investments. Building on problemistic search and organizational inertia arguments, and contrary to resource-based explanations, we argue that a firm’s competitiveness might actually reduce its likelihood to invest in sustainability. We also propose that less competitive firms invest in sustainability …
A Critical Assessment of Business Model Research
Ever since the Internet boom of the mid-1990s, firms have been experimenting with new ways of doing business and achieving their goals, which has led to a branching of the scholarly literature on business models. Three interpretations of the meaning and function of “business models” have emerged from the management literature: (1) business models as attributes of real firms, (2) business models as cognitive/linguistic schemas, and (3) business mo…
The Business Model
This article provides a broad and multifaceted review of the received literature on business models in which the authors examine the business model concept through multiple subject-matter lenses. The review reveals that scholars do not agree on what a business model is and that the literature is developing largely in silos, according to the phenomena of interest of the respective researchers. However, the authors also found emerging common themes…
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The Business Model
This article provides a broad and multifaceted review of the received literature on business models in which the authors examine the business model concept through multiple subject-matter lenses. The review reveals that scholars do not agree on what a business model is and that the literature is developing largely in silos, according to the phenomena of interest of the respective researchers. However, the authors also found emerging common themes…
A Critical Assessment of Business Model Research
Ever since the Internet boom of the mid-1990s, firms have been experimenting with new ways of doing business and achieving their goals, which has led to a branching of the scholarly literature on business models. Three interpretations of the meaning and function of “business models” have emerged from the management literature: (1) business models as attributes of real firms, (2) business models as cognitive/linguistic schemas, and (3) business mo…
Sustainability as a Competitive Tool for the Brave? Or for the Best? A Behavioral Theory Perspective
Who invests in sustainability as a strategic choice? We adopt a behavioral theory perspective to explain the heterogeneity of sustainability-driven investments. Building on problemistic search and organizational inertia arguments, and contrary to resource-based explanations, we argue that a firm’s competitiveness might actually reduce its likelihood to invest in sustainability. We also propose that less competitive firms invest in sustainability …
Brokerage dynamics in technology transfer networks
What Makes a Business Model Sustainable? Activities, Design Themes, and Value Functions
What makes a business model sustainable? To answer this question, we conducted a systematic review of 390 journal articles on business models for sustainability (BMfS). Building on the activity system perspective, we engaged in an active categorization process, in which we identified 26 activity groups focused on 12 design themes. These activities and design themes are associated with organizations’ potential to use their business models to contr…
Business (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Innovation and Knowledge Management (3 works) · Digital Platforms and Economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (2 works) · Industrial organization (2 works) · Knowledge management (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · New business development (2 works)