articleLong Range PlanningDec 16, 2019HYBRID OA

Barriers and drivers to sustainable business model innovation: Organization design and dynamic capabilities

NBNancy BockenTGThijs Geradts

Research Institute of Industrial Economics · Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Sustainable business model innovation (SBMI) in large multinational corporations is increasingly perceived as a key driver for competitive advantage and corporate sustainability. While the SBMI literature acknowledges that corporations require dynamic capabilities to innovate their business model for sustainability, the role of organization design to nurture dynamic capabilities for this purpose has been scantly addressed. By taking a qualitative research approach, we address how organization design affects dynamic capabilities needed for SBMI. Accordingly, from an organization design perspective, we identified barriers and drivers on three levels: the institutional, the strategic, and the operational. The…

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  • Dynamic capabilities
  • Multinational corporation
  • Ambidexterity
  • Business
  • Nature versus nurture
  • Sustainability
  • Competitive advantage
  • Organizational architecture
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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