Digital business models and their implications for sustainability: A typology, industry examples, and paths for future research
2026 (English)In: Technological forecasting & social change, ISSN 0040-1625, E-ISSN 1873-5509, Vol. 226, article id 124568Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]
Digitalization supports business model innovations that reconcile economic and environmental benefits in various ways. Yet, the variety of sustainability-advancing, digitally enabled business model innovation (SDBMI) has not been explored systematically. We believe that acknowledging the heterogeneity of SDBMI can help both scholars and practitioners to better understand this important topic. Our editorial, therefore, goes beyond outlining the motivation for the special issue and introducing the featured articles. We also develop a typology of SDBMI and illustrate the eight archetypes that constitute this typology with industry examples. Finally, we propose a research agenda to guide future research on SDBMI. .
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2026. Vol. 226, article id 124568
Keywords [en]
Business model archetypes, Business model typology, Digital business model innovation, Digital business models, Digital sustainability
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-59386DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2026.124568ISI: 001717221500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105029382930OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-59386DiVA, id: diva2:2043575
Note
Pejvak Oghazi and Rana Mostaghel acknowledge support from the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No101007350 (AIDOaRt). The JU receives support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program and Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Spain.Lucas Miehé worked on this publication as part of the SWEET con-sortium PATHFNDR (SI/502259) funded the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
2026-03-052026-03-052026-04-08Bibliographically approved