In 2016, two colleagues and I started a research project in Finland with a simple question in mind: Which inputs should firms buy? While plenty of research investigates how buyers should deal with their dependence on specific suppliers, much less attention has been paid to which inputs firms should acquire…

Just under 30 years ago, William Rees introduced the idea of an ecological footprint in a scientific article on the impact of cities on the Earth. Originally, footprint evoked the carrying capacity of the entire planet, and evolved to describe ‘the amount of environment needed to produce the goods and…

# 4: Why we need more, not less greenwashing You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who describes himself as an ecological fundamentalist arguing in favour of greenwashing. I mean, the arguments against greenwashing are plentiful and well known. The practice certainly doesn’t have a good reputation. Conveying a false impression…

Welcome back. If you missed my first two articles, I warmly encourage you to read through them (1 and 2). Whereas those two articles focused on digital technologies, climate change and the existential dangers we face as humans, this article is much more focused on business models and capabilities we…

If you missed my first story, I’d recommend you read it first. The digital technologies of the convergence ecosystem are unleashing a wave of innovations in all aspects of life. They are enabling start-ups and incumbents to design new business models, new approaches to create, transfer, and capture value that…

About 20 years into the 21st century, innovations in digital technologies are taking center stage in most areas of commerce. Big data are everywhere and companies and governments all over the world are figuring out how to handle them, what they can do to improve value creation and how they…