Sustainable Business Models through the Lens of Organizational Design: A Systematic Literature Review

Lemus Aguilar, Isaac ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-6741, Morales Alonso, Gustavo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2360-1090, Ramírez-Portilla, Andrés and Hidalgo Nuchera, Antonio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3598-9862 (2019). Sustainable Business Models through the Lens of Organizational Design: A Systematic Literature Review. "Sustainability", v. 11 (n. 19); pp. 1-20. ISSN 2071-1050. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195379.

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Title: Sustainable Business Models through the Lens of Organizational Design: A Systematic Literature Review
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Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Sustainability
Date: 28 September 2019
ISSN: 2071-1050
Volume: 11
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Freetext Keywords: sustainability; business models; organizational design; Star Model; system boundaries
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM)
Department: Ingeniería de Organización, Administración de Empresas y Estadística
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

The interest in sustainable business models has grown rapidly in recent years. Although some progress has been made in identifying this concept and making the practices more sustainable, little is known about the organizational design that is most appropriate for creating new business models or implementing changes in existing ones towards a sustainability approach. This paper presents a review of sustainable business models in terms of the key factors that influence firm design based on organization theory. We retrieved 394 Journal Citation Reports papers from theWoK and Scopus databases, identifying 19 papers that have addressed the interplay between both constructs. We used the Galbraith Star Model to analyze the selected papers. We discuss three key findings for the cross-fertilization of both literatures: (i) the extension of the design elements outside the firm boundaries at the inter-organizational and ecosystem levels; (ii) the emphasis on certain design elements (strategy, process, people, structure) rather than others (rewards); and (iii) the use of the organizational design construct as a tactic tool for strategy execution of the sustainable business model. We also present theoretical and practical implications for the use and further development of this framework, as well as future avenues of research.

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Item ID: 63900
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/63900/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:63900
DOI: 10.3390/su11195379
Official URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/19/5379
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 06 Nov 2020 18:16
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2020 18:16
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