When does it pay off to integrate sustainability in the business model? : A Game-Theoretic Analysis

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Gimpel, Henner ; Graf-Drasch, Valerie ; Kammerer, Alexander ; Keller, Maximilian ; Zheng, Xinyi:
When does it pay off to integrate sustainability in the business model? : A Game-Theoretic Analysis.
In: Electronic Markets. Vol. 30 (2020) . - pp. 699-716.
ISSN 1422-8890
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-019-00361-y

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Acknowledging sustainability as a challenge of utmost importance, organizations face questions on dealing with different dimensions of sustainability. Respective actions include a fundamental shift in the purpose of business and almost every aspect of how it is conducted, or in short: an integration of sustainability in organizations’ business model. However, as sustainability is no altruistic end in itself, respective transformation must resonate with organizations’ economic conditions and their position in the market. But when does it pay off for organizations to integrate sustainability in their business model? Within this research paper we find answers by applying a game-theoretic framework and examining competition strategies for organizations integrating sustainability in their business model. Hereby we consider different market scenarios where symmetric and asymmetric, weak and strong, as well as a varying number of organizations interact. Our results suggest different strategies organizations can apply to gain competitive advantage.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	Sustainability; Sustainability Business Model; Game Theory
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration Research Institutions Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > Branch Business and Information Systems Engineering of Fraunhofer FIT Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > FIM Research Center for Information Management Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	000 Computer Science, information, general works > 004 Computer science 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2019 06:08
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2023 10:51
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/52342