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Certified B corporations: An approach to tensions of sustainable-driven hybrid business models in an emerging economy

dc.contributor.authorTabares S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-14T14:33:31Z
dc.date.available2022-09-14T14:33:31Z
dc.date.created2021
dc.identifier.issn9596526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11407/7404
dc.descriptionNew business models have been attracting attention for their capacity to respond to the current society's challenges, maintaining a balance between social, environmental, and economic logics. This paper focuses on the so-called sustainability-driven hybrid business models, which operate in the interception of hybrid organizing and sustainable business models. Considering the dearth of research on the contextual factors that influence organizations implementing this model, this study investigates the attributes that alleviate the tensions of operating in an emerging economy, building on a multiple case study of eighteen Certified B Corporations from diverse sectors in Colombia. The main contribution was to provide a sustainability-driven hybrid business model archetype for Certified B Corporations based on the core business model elements: value proposition, value creation and delivery, and value capture. Drawing on the institutional pillars — regulative, normative, and cognitive-cultural, it is suggested that Certified B Corporations respond to tensions by adapting specific attributes of their business model to the particularities of the operating environment. The paper links the findings to the extant literature and offers recommendations for research and practice. © 2021 The Authoreng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
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dc.sourceJournal of Cleaner Production
dc.titleCertified B corporations: An approach to tensions of sustainable-driven hybrid business models in an emerging economy
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.publisher.programNegocios Internacionales
dc.type.spaArtículo
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128380
dc.subject.keywordB corpeng
dc.subject.keywordHybrid organizationeng
dc.subject.keywordHybrid tensionseng
dc.subject.keywordSocial Enterpriseeng
dc.subject.keywordSustainability-driven hybrid business modeleng
dc.subject.keywordSustainable business modeleng
dc.subject.keywordcurrenteng
dc.subject.keywordB corpeng
dc.subject.keywordBusiness modelseng
dc.subject.keywordEmerging economieseng
dc.subject.keywordHybrid organizationeng
dc.subject.keywordHybrid tensioneng
dc.subject.keywordNew business modelseng
dc.subject.keywordSocial enterpriseeng
dc.subject.keywordSustainability-driven hybrid business modeleng
dc.subject.keywordSustainable business modeleng
dc.subject.keywordSustainable developmenteng
dc.relation.citationvolume317
dc.publisher.facultyFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas
dc.affiliationTabares, S., University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Faubourg de l'Hôpital 27, Neuchâtel, CH-2000, Switzerland, University of Medellín, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, International Business Program, Medellín, Colombia
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