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Title	Business model design in sustainable entrepreneurship: Illuminating the commercial logic of hybrid businesses
ID_Doc	33859
Authors	Hahn, R; Spieth, P; Ince, I
Title	Business model design in sustainable entrepreneurship: Illuminating the commercial logic of hybrid businesses
Year	2018
Published
Abstract	Sustainability entrepreneurs often rely on innovative approaches and business models to build a commercial logic for achieving social or ecological goals. We employ a deductive multiple-case study that builds upon a business model design framework to illuminate the commercial logic of hybrid/sustainable businesses. We identify four clusters of design themes and elements: niche novelty, integrated novelty, intermediary approaches, and platform approaches. We link our findings to the extant literature and provide suggestions for researchers and sustainable entrepreneurs for putting these design elements and themes into practice. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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