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2. 21. Extending Access : Perspectives on Business Model Innovation in Water and Sanitation Service Provision

   Author : Caroline Jennings Saul; Anders Gustafsson; Nina Veflen; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business Innovation; Water business; WASH; Sanitation; Digitalization; Base of the pyramid; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Many organizations are attempting to improve the well-being of people living in poverty, whether it be philanthropic, through offering transformative services, or buying into the doing well by doing good ethos of corporate Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategies. Some of these efforts are being directed towards extending access to safely managed water and sanitation services to everyone. READ MORE

4. 22. Entrepreneurial learning: Developing opportunities and business models

   Author : Stefan Sanz-Velasco; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology-based entrepreneurship; Sweden; business model; opportunity; entrepreneurial learning; mobile Internet;

   Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to explore and describe the entrepreneurial process with an emphasis on how technology-based entrepreneurs learn as they perceive and exploit opportunities. The thesis draws on a variety of entrepreneurship-oriented literature such as Austrian economics, entrepreneurial learning and the resource-based view, and it features four empirical studies, primarily among start-up ventures in the emerging Swedish mobile Internet industry. READ MORE

5. 23. Strategic lead-times and their implications on financial performance

   Author : Fredrik Tiedemann; Joakim Wikner; Eva Johansson; Jenny Bäckstrand; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; decoupling point; financial performance; manufacturing companies; new product development; production; purchasing; return on investment; ROI; strategic lead-time; finansiellt resultat; finansiella nyckeltal; frikopplingspunkt; inköp; lönsamhet; produktion; produktutveckling; strategiska ledtider; tillverkningsindustri;

   Abstract : The overall goal for manufacturing companies is to earn profit and increase shareholders’ value. To ensure that companies in fact are profitable, managers usually evaluate the company’s resources based on both financial and operational performance, to analyse if the resources are contributing with a financial return. READ MORE

6. 24. Wood We Change? : Business Model Innovation Towards Sustainability Transitions: Studying the Wood Construction Industry

   Author : Andrey Abadzhiev; Mikael Johnson; Alexandre Sukhov; Martin Löfgren; Per Carlborg; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business model; Innovation types; Sustainability transitions; Sustainable technology; Construction industry; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : Innovations based on sustainable technologies have been widely considered as a remedy for addressing societal and environmental problems in many industries. However, the large-scale adoption of such innovations goes beyond technology and requires organizing the business in a way that drive industrial transformations across actors and system layers, such as market structures, institutional frames, consumer behavior, and business values. READ MORE

7. 25. Scrutinizing a policy ambition to make business out of science : Lessons from Taiwan

   Author : Tommy Shih; Alexandra Waluszewski; Enrico Baraldi; Per Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrial development; Innovation; Taiwan; Resource interaction; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The promotion of industrial development and economic growth is a vital issue for governments all over the world. The ideals guiding policymakers in their endeavours are that innovations based on new and advanced knowledge are central for industrial and economic development. READ MORE