Creating shared value through business models based on sustainability and CSR : An empirical study of Swedish companies
Businesses and humans in general have led to a variety of different social and environmental problems. In this thesis we call on businesses to be the solution to these problems. Therefore, we have developed two research questions: How do Swedish companies incorporate CSR and sustainability into thei...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-123543 2023-10-09T21:54:39+02:00 Creating shared value through business models based on sustainability and CSR : An empirical study of Swedish companies Haskell, Lucas Pålhed, Johan 2016 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-123543 eng eng Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-123543 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Business Models Sustainability CSR Shared Value Creating Shared value Business Administration Företagsekonomi Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2016 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:43:13Z Businesses and humans in general have led to a variety of different social and environmental problems. In this thesis we call on businesses to be the solution to these problems. Therefore, we have developed two research questions: How do Swedish companies incorporate CSR and sustainability into their business models? and How do Swedish companies create shared value through business models based on sustainability and CSR? The purpose of these research questions is to discover how Swedish companies incorporate CSR and sustainability into their business models. Also, we aim to see how a business model based on CSR and sustainability can create shared value. We have focused our view of a business model on Bocken et al.’s (2014) three pillars: value proposition, value creation and delivery, and value capture. Furthermore, we have made a distinction between the concepts of sustainability and CSR to see how they impact these different business model pillars. We divided sustainability into two types: weak and strong and broke CSR into internal and external CSR. Porter and Kramer (2011) gave seven examples of how the concept of shared value could be created. Shared value is created when society benefits at the same time a company is making economic gains. To combine the concepts of business model innovation, business models, sustainability, CSR, and shared value we have created a model. The model’s purpose is to see how companies can practically integrate CSR and sustainability into the three business model pillars. Business model innovation was the purpose arena in which a company could change in order to create shared value After conducting interviews with seven different respondents from six different companies located in northern Sweden we were able to see that both strong and weak sustainability are visible in the value proposition pillar and somewhat visible in the value creation and delivery pillar. On the other hand, both internal and external CSR were only visible in the value creation and delivery pillar. ... Bachelor Thesis Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Pillar ENVELOPE(166.217,166.217,-77.583,-77.583) Kramer ENVELOPE(-64.017,-64.017,-65.447,-65.447) |
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Businesses and humans in general have led to a variety of different social and environmental problems. In this thesis we call on businesses to be the solution to these problems. Therefore, we have developed two research questions: How do Swedish companies incorporate CSR and sustainability into their business models? and How do Swedish companies create shared value through business models based on sustainability and CSR? The purpose of these research questions is to discover how Swedish companies incorporate CSR and sustainability into their business models. Also, we aim to see how a business model based on CSR and sustainability can create shared value. We have focused our view of a business model on Bocken et al.’s (2014) three pillars: value proposition, value creation and delivery, and value capture. Furthermore, we have made a distinction between the concepts of sustainability and CSR to see how they impact these different business model pillars. We divided sustainability into two types: weak and strong and broke CSR into internal and external CSR. Porter and Kramer (2011) gave seven examples of how the concept of shared value could be created. Shared value is created when society benefits at the same time a company is making economic gains. To combine the concepts of business model innovation, business models, sustainability, CSR, and shared value we have created a model. The model’s purpose is to see how companies can practically integrate CSR and sustainability into the three business model pillars. Business model innovation was the purpose arena in which a company could change in order to create shared value After conducting interviews with seven different respondents from six different companies located in northern Sweden we were able to see that both strong and weak sustainability are visible in the value proposition pillar and somewhat visible in the value creation and delivery pillar. On the other hand, both internal and external CSR were only visible in the value creation and delivery pillar. ... |
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Creating shared value through business models based on sustainability and CSR : An empirical study of Swedish companies |
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Creating shared value through business models based on sustainability and CSR : An empirical study of Swedish companies |
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