Institutional |
Non-alignment with the TBL |
The social and environmental context is usually not aligned with the economic one in companies |
Fiksel (2003)Fiksel, J. (2003). Designing resilient, sustainable systems. Environmental Science & Technology, 37(23), 5330–5339, doi: 10.1021/es0344819. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0344819...
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Lack of consumer acceptance |
The lack of acceptance by the consumer or the customer creates the need for their education to expand awareness about sustainability, which is still quite limited |
Laukkanen and Patala (2014)Laukkanen, M., & Patala, S. (2014). Analysing barriers to sustainable business model innovations: Innovation systems approach. International Journal of Innovation Management, 18(6), doi: 10.1142/S1363919614400106. https://doi.org/10.1142/S136391961440010...
, Todeschini et al. (2017)Todeschini, B. V., Cortimiglia, M. N., Callegaro-de-Menezes, D., & Ghezzi, A. (2017). Innovative and sustainable business models in the fashion industry: Entrepreneurial drivers, opportunities, and challenges. Business Horizons, 60(6), 759–770, doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2017.07.003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2017.07...
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Lack of regulatory incentives |
The challenge of the lack of regulatory incentives is associated with the government, which often fails to stimulate business with public policy, adequate regulation and incentives for sustainability. Stronger legislative pressure and supportive economic incentives are needed to achieve a sustainable economy |
Laukkanen and Patala (2014)Laukkanen, M., & Patala, S. (2014). Analysing barriers to sustainable business model innovations: Innovation systems approach. International Journal of Innovation Management, 18(6), doi: 10.1142/S1363919614400106. https://doi.org/10.1142/S136391961440010...
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Organizational culture |
Short-termism |
Allocating resources to projects with quick returns rather than long-term payoffs and discontinuing slowly maturing initiatives |
Bocken and Geradts (2020)Bocken, N. M. P., & Geradts, T. H. J. (2020). Barriers and drivers to sustainable business model innovation: Organization design and dynamic capabilities. Long Range Planning, 53(4), 101950, doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2019.101950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2019.10195...
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Lack of strategic importance of sustainability for companies |
There is a gap between companies willing to innovate their business model toward sustainability and born-sustainable startups that strive to make their business model replicable and scalable |
Todeschini et al. (2017)Todeschini, B. V., Cortimiglia, M. N., Callegaro-de-Menezes, D., & Ghezzi, A. (2017). Innovative and sustainable business models in the fashion industry: Entrepreneurial drivers, opportunities, and challenges. Business Horizons, 60(6), 759–770, doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2017.07.003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2017.07...
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Reluctance in the provision of new resources in the institution |
Difficulty allocating resources for business model innovation and reconfiguring resources and processes for new business models |
Chesbrough (2010)Chesbrough, H. (2010), “Business model innovation: opportunities and barriers”, Long Range Planning, 43(2/3), 354-363. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2009.07.010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2009.07.01...
, Zott et al. (2011)Zott, C., Amit, R., & Massa, L. (2011). The business model: Recent developments and future research. Journal of Management, 37(4), 1019–1042, doi: 10.1177/0149206311406265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206311406265...
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Lack of scaling up sustainable startups |
This barrier is due to the difficulty in sticking to core sustainability values, linked to factors such as fair trade, commitment to recycling, upcycling and the use of sustainable materials |
Todeschini et al. (2017)Todeschini, B. V., Cortimiglia, M. N., Callegaro-de-Menezes, D., & Ghezzi, A. (2017). Innovative and sustainable business models in the fashion industry: Entrepreneurial drivers, opportunities, and challenges. Business Horizons, 60(6), 759–770, doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2017.07.003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2017.07...
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Market and sales |
Lack of efficient interaction with stakeholders |
Lack of stakeholder involvement in decision-making |
Laukkanen and Patala (2014)Laukkanen, M., & Patala, S. (2014). Analysing barriers to sustainable business model innovations: Innovation systems approach. International Journal of Innovation Management, 18(6), doi: 10.1142/S1363919614400106. https://doi.org/10.1142/S136391961440010...
, Vermunt et al. (2019)Vermunt, D. A., Negro, S. O., Verweij, P. A., Kuppens, D. V., & Hekkert, M. P. (2019). Exploring barriers to implementing different circular business models. Journal of Cleaner Production, 222, 891–902, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.0...
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Lack of product-market fit |
Difficulty in achieving a good product-market fit, dealing with business ideas to be tested with potential customers quickly and cheaply |
Blank (2006)Blank, S. (2006), The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win, San Francisco: CafePress.com, Ries (2011)Ries, E. (2011), “The lean startup: How today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses”, Currency,
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Impediments arising from the consumer market or from competition between manufacturers |
Only a small amount of waste becomes available for recovery, making it difficult for businesses that rely on recycling to make a profit |
Salim et al. (2019)Salim, H. K., Stewart, R. A., Sahin, O., & Dudley, M. (2019). Drivers, barriers and enablers to end-of-life management of solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems: A systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 211, 537–554, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.1...
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Innovation, research and development |
Lack of integration with the technological level |
Integrating technological innovation, e.g. clean technology, with business model innovation is multi-dimensional |
Zott et al. (2011)Zott, C., Amit, R., & Massa, L. (2011). The business model: Recent developments and future research. Journal of Management, 37(4), 1019–1042, doi: 10.1177/0149206311406265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206311406265...
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Lack of economic incentives |
The lack of economic incentives from the government is one of the main technology-oriented barriers to business model innovation for sustainability |
Laukkanen and Patala (2014)Laukkanen, M., & Patala, S. (2014). Analysing barriers to sustainable business model innovations: Innovation systems approach. International Journal of Innovation Management, 18(6), doi: 10.1142/S1363919614400106. https://doi.org/10.1142/S136391961440010...
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Supply chain, operation and logistics |
Lack of internal operations in supply chain management |
This barrier impacts environmental initiatives for financial performance and the role of environmental management in their product and service value proposition |
Wu and Pagell (2011)Wu, Z. & Pagell, M. (2011), “Balancing priorities: Decision-making in sustainable supply chain management”, Journal of Operations Management, 29(6), 577-590. doi: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.10.001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2010.10.00...
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Difficulty in reconciling resources and the actors involved |
Lack of partners and low availability of materials, lack of information exchange between supply chain actors, conflicting interests between supply chain actors |
Vermunt et al. (2019)Vermunt, D. A., Negro, S. O., Verweij, P. A., Kuppens, D. V., & Hekkert, M. P. (2019). Exploring barriers to implementing different circular business models. Journal of Cleaner Production, 222, 891–902, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.0...
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