The lean startup as an actionable theory of entrepreneurship

S Blank, JT Eckhardt - Journal of Management, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Academic theories of entrepreneurship and applied theories of entrepreneurship have
historically been siloed. In this article, we connect the Lean Startup, a widely used and …

Business models for sustainability from a system dynamics perspective

N Abdelkafi, K Täuscher - Organization & Environment, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
To achieve sustainability, a firm has to transform its entire business logic. A business model
for sustainability (BMfS) aims at creating value for various stakeholders and the natural …

From venture idea to venture opportunity

P Vogel - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Opportunities are a core construct in the field of entrepreneurship. Despite recent advances
suggesting the separation of ideas from opportunities, the field still suffers from conceptual …

Business model innovations for electric mobility—what can be learned from existing business model patterns?

N Abdelkafi, S Makhotin, T Posselt - International journal of …, 2013 - World Scientific
The paper aims to generate systematically business model innovations in the field of electric
mobility. It introduces a new framework, in which a business model denotes a value-focused …

The effects of culture and structure on strategic flexibility during business model innovation

AJ Bock, T Opsahl, G George… - Journal of Management …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
abstract This study uses responses from 107 multinational firms to reveal CEO perceptions
of the drivers of strategic flexibility during business model innovation. While the positive …

Should I quit my day job?: A hybrid path to entrepreneurship

J Raffiee, J Feng - Academy of management journal, 2014 - journals.aom.org
Research suggests that the risk and uncertainty associated with entrepreneurial activity
deters entry and contributes to the high rates of new business failure. In this study, we …

Managing by design

M Gruber, N De Leon, G George… - … of management journal, 2015 - journals.aom.org
Over the past two decades, the importance of design and the value of design thinking as a
tool for innovation have been recognized by both business and government. Firms such as …

Grounding business models: Cognition, boundary objects, and business model change

DA Shepherd, SK Seyb, G George - Academy of Management …, 2023 - journals.aom.org
Business model research has largely focused on business models as real entities, as
cognitive and linguistic schema, and as formal representations. Although such research has …

Going pro-social: Extending the individual-venture nexus to the collective level

O Branzei, SC Parker, PW Moroz, E Gamble - Journal of Business …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this Special Issue is to demonstrate how drawing on multidisciplinary insights
from the literature on prosociality can broaden the individual-opportunity nexus to make …

An integrated framework for rural electrification: Adopting a user-centric approach to business model development

SJD Schillebeeckx, P Parikh, R Bansal, G George - Energy policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Rural electrification (RE) has gained prominence over the past two decades as an effective
means for improving living conditions. This growth has largely been driven by socio …