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Missing attention to power dynamics in collaborative multi-actor business models for sustainability.

Skritsovali, Konstantina; Randles, Sally; Hannibal, Claire

Authors

Konstantina Skritsovali

Sally Randles



Abstract

Advances within the Sustainability Business Models (SBMs) literature from the perspective of boundary-spanning business models have received limited attention. Further, discourse within the SBMs literature exploring collaborative practices adopts the perspective that collaborative forums are always a "force for good". This paper reviews important theories and relevant literature and calls into question the dearth of research examining business models for sustainability and focuses on the role that power, and power relations, play in the shaping and steering of value creation. In advancing research on sustainable operations, we assess the implications of ignoring uneven power, and draw attention to the affects and consequences of this omission in the study of SBMs. By embracing an alternative, deliberative democracy perspective, we challenge the sub-literature on collaborative multi-actor business models. In taking an inquisitive and critical stance on omnipresent power dynamics, we shine a light on the consequences of uneven power across multi-actor structures by augmenting research with practical insights from selected vignettes. Our proposed concept of a democratic business model for sustainability offers a new strand of theoretical development and a fresh perspective on the sustainability and business models literature.

Citation

SKRITSOVALI, K., RANDLES, S. and HANNIBAL, C. 2023. Missing attention to power dynamics in collaborative multi-actor business models for sustainability. Sustainability [online], 15(3), article number 2022. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032022

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 26, 2022
Online Publication Date Jan 20, 2023
Publication Date Feb 15, 2023
Deposit Date Nov 9, 2023
Publicly Available Date Nov 9, 2023
Journal Sustainability
Electronic ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 15
Issue 3
Article Number 2022
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032022
Keywords Sustainble business; Business models; Sustainability; Collaboration
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2015760

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