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Stepping up: Business Model Innovation under Institutional Pressures related to Sustainability

Hall, Moa LU and Marzelius, Nova LU (2025) MGTN59 20251
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness, demand, and regulation to adopt more sustainable practices within business operations. As a result, companies face increasing institutional pressures related to sustainability, which require them to adapt their businesses, comply, and remain competitive. This research contributes to the interpretation of sustainability in a business environment through the theoretical lens of Sustainable Business Model Innovation (SBMI), employing a multiple-case study methodology that delves into four companies in the flooring manufacturing industry. The focus is on their transformation towards a more sustainable business model and reduced environmental impact. Empirical patterns that emerged were... (More)
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness, demand, and regulation to adopt more sustainable practices within business operations. As a result, companies face increasing institutional pressures related to sustainability, which require them to adapt their businesses, comply, and remain competitive. This research contributes to the interpretation of sustainability in a business environment through the theoretical lens of Sustainable Business Model Innovation (SBMI), employing a multiple-case study methodology that delves into four companies in the flooring manufacturing industry. The focus is on their transformation towards a more sustainable business model and reduced environmental impact. Empirical patterns that emerged were pattern-matched with theoretical patterns from an adapted theoretical framework through the theoretical lenses of institutional pressure, Business Model Innovation (BMI), and sustainable business model archetypes. This study supports the theoretical framework, providing additional insights on how institutional pressures related to sustainability from regulation and customer demand influence different organisational capabilities that enables SBMI, such as regulation compliance, organisational values, culture, top management team, leadership characteristics, managerial cognition and open-mindedness. Further, stakeholder engagement is proposed as an extension of the theoretical framework, arguing it to be a key enabler of sustainability integration into business models. (Less)
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author
Hall, Moa LU and Marzelius, Nova LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A multiple case study of Organisational Capabilities and Sustainable Manufacturing in the Flooring Industry
course
MGTN59 20251
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Business Model Innovation, Sustainable Business Model Innovation, Sustainability, Sustainability Integration, Sustainable Manufacturing, Flooring Manufacturing, Institutional Pressures
language
English
id
9207107
date added to LUP
2025-06-30 14:40:35
date last changed
2025-06-30 14:40:35
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  abstract     = {{In recent years, there has been a growing awareness, demand, and regulation to adopt more sustainable practices within business operations. As a result, companies face increasing institutional pressures related to sustainability, which require them to adapt their businesses, comply, and remain competitive. This research contributes to the interpretation of sustainability in a business environment through the theoretical lens of Sustainable Business Model Innovation (SBMI), employing a multiple-case study methodology that delves into four companies in the flooring manufacturing industry. The focus is on their transformation towards a more sustainable business model and reduced environmental impact. Empirical patterns that emerged were pattern-matched with theoretical patterns from an adapted theoretical framework through the theoretical lenses of institutional pressure, Business Model Innovation (BMI), and sustainable business model archetypes. This study supports the theoretical framework, providing additional insights on how institutional pressures related to sustainability from regulation and customer demand influence different organisational capabilities that enables SBMI, such as regulation compliance, organisational values, culture, top management team, leadership characteristics, managerial cognition and open-mindedness. Further, stakeholder engagement is proposed as an extension of the theoretical framework, arguing it to be a key enabler of sustainability integration into business models.}},
  author       = {{Hall, Moa and Marzelius, Nova}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Stepping up: Business Model Innovation under Institutional Pressures related to Sustainability}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}