| Title |
Linking Sustainable Business Models to Socio-Ecological Resilience Through Cross-Sector Partnerships: A Complex Adaptive Systems View |
| ID_Doc |
33981 |
| Authors |
Dentoni, D; Pinkse, J; Lubberink, R |
| Title |
Linking Sustainable Business Models to Socio-Ecological Resilience Through Cross-Sector Partnerships: A Complex Adaptive Systems View |
| Year |
2021 |
| Published |
Business & Society, 60, 5 |
| DOI |
10.1177/0007650320935015 |
| Abstract |
A flourishing literature assesses how sustainable business models create and capture value in socio-ecological systems. Nevertheless, we still know relatively little about how the organization of sustainable business models-of which cross-sector partnerships represent a core and distinctive mechanism-can support socio-ecological resilience. We address this knowledge gap by taking a complex adaptive systems (CAS) perspective. We develop a framework that identifies the key strategic, institutional, and learning elements of partnerships that sustainable business models rely on to support socio-ecological resilience. With our analytical framework, we underpin the importance of assessing sustainable business initiatives in terms of their impact on resilience at the level of socio-ecological systems, not just of organizations. Therefore, we reveal how cross-sector partnerships provide the organizational support for sustainable business models to support socio-ecological resilience. By combining the key features of CAS and the key elements of partnerships, we provide insight into the formidable task of designing cross-sector partnerships so that they support socio-ecological resilience and avoid unintended consequences. |
| Author Keywords |
complex adaptive systems; cross-sector partnerships; socio-ecological resilience; sustainable business models |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000544235600001 |
| WoS Category |
Business |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics |
| PDF |
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0007650320935015
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