Research of the Business Management & Organisation Group
BMO studies how businesses can improve sustainability and health at organisation, industry, supply chain network, and society level. BMO produces and disseminates valuable and relevant knowledge to inform and support businesses and other organisations in their ambition to become more sustainable. An important part of our work focuses on collaboration among businesses, and between business and other societal stakeholders.
Our research themes
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Entrepreneurship for Sustainability
Entrepreneurship (and intra-preneurship) can positively contribute to achieving sustainability, and indeed is quintessential to it. Bringing an essential dynamics, at individual, business, and societal levels, entrepreneurs drive economic growth. They also can foster environmental stewardship as well as social responsibility, providing livelihoods to many.
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Strategic Collaboration in Supply Chain Networks
Businesses collaborate in supply chain networks to strengthen their strategic position in markets and business ecosystems. Collaboration provides businesses with valuable resources (including data and knowledge), high quality supplies, bargaining power, and opportunities for joint innovation. Through collaboration, businesses can achieve shared benefits and promote sustainability.
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Sustainable Business Models & Circular Ecosystems
For society to thrive within the limits of our planet, business models should prevent environmental degradation and human exploitation. We investigate how businesses make the difficult transition towards sustainable business models and circular ecosystems.
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Innovation Management for Sustainability and Health
Innovation, driven in large part by businesses, is imperative for transformative change towards a sustainable, resilient, healthy, and inclusive future. Integrating incremental and radical product and process advancements, disruptive business models, supportive policy frameworks, and societal engagement, innovation paves the way for sustainability transitions.
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Sustainable Businesses Organisation & Digitalisation
Societal change is largely driven by organisations (businesses). Change for business is often driven by digitalisation. At the same time, today’s dynamic business environment requires businesses to be flexible, adaptive, efficient, and yet innovative. Businesses, thus, need to be agile. At BMO, we research what businesses need to be able to do to thrive.