25E18000 - Sustainable Entrepreneurship, 25.02.2019-05.04.2019
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Session #6 - March 12th
Preparation Questions
1. “What do you think are the most important considerations in the management of sustainable enterprise? Why?”
Required Preparatory Materials
Upward, A., & Jones, P. 2016. An Ontology for Strongly Sustainable Business Models: Defining an Enterprise Framework Compatible With Natural and Social Science. Organization and Environment, 29(1): 97–123. (an article-length critique of the shortcomings of Business Model Canvas for planning sustainable ventures. A bit on the pedantic side, but useful to understand.)
A New Methodology For Business Model Design (a quick layman’s read on how the Upward and Jones logic can be implemented much more simply in every day biz planning.)
25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase “Triple Bottom Line.” Here’s Why It’s Time to Rethink It. (a very quick intro/argument by the father of triple bottom line for why business as usual is not enough anymore)
Supplementary Materials
Hyttinen, K., Ruutu, S., Nieminen, M., Gallouj, F., & Toivonen, M. 2014. A system dynamic and multi-criteria evaluation of innovations in environmental services. Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, (3): 29–52. (an article showing how systemic complexity can be and is analyzed currently (-> “your sustainable venture could be broken down with these kinds of analytical tools, too”))
Von Hippel, E. 2017. Free Innovation. The MIT Press. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2866571. (a book-length exposition on the current global innovation landscape (arguing for the “free innovation”-paradigm), useful to browse but not necessary to study in detail (it’s a good read, though, not too technical))