The latest overview of publications is available here.
An overview of key publications is included below.
Sustainable Business Models
Journal papers
- Weissbrod, I., Bocken, N. 2017. Developing sustainable business experimentation capability – a case study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142, Part 4, 2663-2676
- Mugge, R., Jockin, B. Bocken, N. 2017. How to sell refurbished smartphones? An investigation of different customer groups and appropriate incentives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 147, 284-296
- Baldassarre, B., Calabretta, G., Bocken, N.M.P. Jaskiewicz, T. 2017. Bridging Sustainable Business Model Innovation and User-driven Innovation: A Process for Sustainable Value Proposition Design. Journal of Cleaner Production, 147, 175–186
- Bocken, N.M.P., Fil, A., Prabhu, J. 2016. Scaling up social businesses in developing markets, Journal of Cleaner Production, 139, 295–308
- Bocken, N., Short, S. 2016. Towards a sufficiency-driven business model: Experiences and opportunities. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 18, 41-66 (open access)
- Bocken, N. 2015. Sustainable Venture Capital – Catalyst for Sustainable Start-up Success? Journal of Cleaner Production, 108, Part A, 647–658 (open access)
- Bocken, N., Rana, P., Short, S. 2015. Value mapping for sustainable business thinking. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 32 (1), 67-81 (open access)
- Bocken, N., Short, S., Rana, P., Evans, S. 2014. A literature and practice review to develop Sustainable Business Model Archetypes. Journal of Cleaner Production, 65, 42-56
- Bocken, N., Short, S., Rana, P., Evans, S. 2013. A value mapping tool for sustainable business modelling. Corporate Governance, 13 (5), 482 – 497
- Geißdörfer, M., Bocken, N.M.P., Hultink, E. Design thinking to enhance the sustainable business modelling process – a workshop based on a value mapping process. 135, 1218–1232.
- Short, S., Bocken, N., Barlow, C., Chertow, M. 2014. From Refining Sugar to Growing Tomatoes. Industrial Ecology and Business Model Evolution, 18 (5), 603-618
Conference papers and presentations
- Miller, K., Park, C., Evans, S., Bamford, I., Bocken, N. Critique of the canvas: a new honeycomb approach to business model innovation . Conference “New Business Models” – Exploring a changing view on organizing value creation – Toulouse, France, 16-17 June 2016
- Miller, K., Park, C., Bocken, N., Evans, S. 2016. Rethinking personas for sustainable behaviour business models. 2nd Academic International Conference on Business, Marketing and Management, (AICBMM, 2016, Boston), 5th -7th, April, 2016, Boston, USA
- Prendeville, S., Bocken, N.M.P. Design for Remanufacturing and Circular Business Models. EcoDesign 2015, Going Green, 9th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, Japan, 2-4 December 2015 (winner best paper award)
- Tyl, B., Allais, R., Gobert, J., Bocken, N.M.P. et al. 2015. Towards synergies between local repairers, citizens, designers, and public actors: the REVALUE project. Global Cleaner Production Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, 1-4 November 2015.
- Van Hoof, B, Bocken, N.M.P. 2015. Theoretical foundations of Sustainable Business Models . Global Cleaner Production Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, 1-4 November 2015.
- Weissbrod, I., Bocken, N.M.P. Sustainable business experimentation capability – an in-depth case. Global Cleaner Production Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, 1-4 November 2015.
- Bocken, N., Holgado, M., Evans, S. 2015. Challenges and opportunities in circular business model innovation for clothing from a retailer perspective. ISIE conference 2015, Taking stock of Industrial Ecology, Guildford, UK, 7-10 July 2015.
- Bocken, N.“The sustainable business model archetypes to enable systems-thinking and to create sustainable value”, Presentation at the Professional Development Workshop on “Opening the synergies between sustainability oriented innovation and governance: the pathway to systems building Impacting sustainability practice through research”, Academy of Management Annual Conference, Vancouver, 7-11 August 2015.
- Bocken, N.M.P., Rana, P. , Athanassopoulou, N., Ilevbare, I. , Phaal, R. 2015. A Strategy Process for Early Stage Ventures to Develop Sustainable Value Opportunities. Sustainable Design & Manufacturing Conference, Seville, 12-14 April 2015.
- Lehmann, M., Bocken, N.M.P. , Steingrímsson, J.G., Evans, S. 2015. Incorporating Design Thinking into Sustainable Business Modelling, Sustainable Design & Manufacturing Conference, Seville, 12-14 April 2015
- Bocken, N.M.P., Prahbu, J. 2014. Sustainable business model innovation for the developed and developing world based on Jugaad innovation principles. Sustainability Science Congress, 22-23 October 2014. Copenhagen
- Bocken, N.M.P., 2014. Sufficiency based sustainable business model innovation. Sustainability Science Congress, 22-23 October 2014. Copenhagen.
- Bocken, N.M.P., 2014, Sufficiency based sustainable business model innovations – towards a typology, International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Gordon Research Conference, Italy, June 2014.
- Chertow, M., Bocken, N. 2014. Industrial Symbiosis as a Sustainable Business Model: theoretical and empirical findings. Resilience 2014, 4-8 May 2014, Montpelier, France.
- Bocken, N., Short, S., Rana, P. 2014. Using the value mapping tool for sustainable business thinking. International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, 28-30 April 2014, Cardiff, Wales, UK (award winner of best paper award in manufacturing & management).
- Evans, J., Bocken, N. 2014. A tool for manufacturers to find opportunity in the circular economy – www.circulareconomytoolkit.org. International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, 28-30 April 2014, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
- Bocken, N., Short, S., Rana, P., Evans, S. 2013. The use of business model archetypes to stimulate corporate innovation towards sustainability. 7th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE), 25-18 June, 2013, Ulsan, South-Korea.
- Bocken, N., Short, S., Rana, P., Evans, S. 2013. The development of alternative institutional and organisational forms to encourage industrial sustainability. The Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), 12-14 June 2013, Worcester (MA), USA.
- Rana, P., Short, S., Bocken, N., Evans, S., 2013. Towards a Sustainable Business Form: A Business Modelling Process and Tools. The Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), 12-14 June 2013, Worcester (MA), USA.
- Short, S., Bocken, N., Barlow, C., Morgan, D., 2013, British Sugar: Case Study of single-firm industrial symbiosis as a path towards sustainability, 7th International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Biennial Conference, Industrial Ecology: Strategy for Green Growth, June 25-28, 2013, Ulsan, South Korea.
- Short, S., Rana, P., Bocken, N., Evans, S. 2012. Embedding sustainability in business modelling through multi-stakeholder value innovation. APMS 2012 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, 24-26 Sep., 2012, Greece.
- Short, S., Bocken, N., Rana, P. Evans, S. 2012. Business model innovation for embedding sustainability: a practice-based approach introducing business model archetypes. 10th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. Towards implementing sustainable manufacturing, 31 Oct-2 Nov 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Valkokari, K., Rana, P., Short, S., Bocken, N., Valjakka, T. 2013, Mapping multi-stakeholder value for sustainable business model innovation – a study of the Finnish furniture industry, 14th International CINet Conference: Business Development and Co-creation, 8th – 11th September, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- Bocken, N.M.P., Rana, P., Short, S.W., Evans, S., 2012, Sustainable business modelling – a practical approach, International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Gordon Research Conference, Switzerland, June 2012.
- Short, S.W., Bocken, N.M.P., Rana, P., Evans, S., 2012, Business model innovation for sustainability: A practice-based approach for the manufacturing sector, International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Gordon Research Conference, Switzerland, June 2012
Circular Economy
- Bocken, Nancy M.P., Olivetti, Elsa A., Cullen, Jonathan, Potting, José, Lifset, Reid. 2017. Taking the Circularity to the Next Level: A Special Issue on the Circular Economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology (Editorial).
- Bocken, N.M.P., Ritala, P. Huotari, P. 2017. The circular economy: Exploring the introduction of the concept among S&P 500 firms. Journal of Industrial Ecology. (Commentary)
- Geissdoerfer, M., Savaget, P., Bocken, N., Hultink, E. 2017. The Circular Economy – a new sustainability paradigm? Journal of Cleaner Production, 143, 757–768
- Prendeville, S., Cherim, E., Bocken, N. Circular Cities: Mapping Six European Cities in Transition. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (in press).
- Kraaijenhagen, C., Van Oppen, C., Bocken. N., 2016. Circular business. Collaborate & Circulate. Circular Collaboration, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Available at: www.circularcollaboration.com
- Bocken, N.M.P., de Pauw, I., van der Grinten, B., Bakker, C. 2016. Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 32 (1), 67-81. (Open Access)
- Bocken, N. 2016. The role of circularity in the creation of sustainable business models. In: “Sustainable Consumption and Production: Towards a Circular Economy”, Yearbook 2015/ 2016, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Regional Activity Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC) of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP).
- Bocken, N.M.P, Miller, K, Evans, S. 2016. Assessing the environmental impact of new Circular business models. Conference “New Business Models” – Exploring a changing view on organizing value creation – Toulouse, France, 16-17 June 2016
- Bocken, N.M.P., Bakker, C., De Pauw, I. 2015. Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy, Sustainable Design & Manufacturing Conference, Seville, 12-14 April 2015.
- Eline Leising, Jaco Quist, Nancy Bocken, Arnoud Walrecht. 2016. Circulaire bouwsector vergt innovatieve ketensamenwerking – Tijdschrift Milieu 2016-5 (September)
Eco-innovation and -ideation
Journal papers
- Prendeville, S., O’Connor, F., Bocken, N., Bakker, C. 2017. Uncovering ecodesign dilemmas: A path to business model innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143, 1327-1399
- Bocken, N., Farracho, M., Bosworth, R., Kemp, R. 2014. The front-end of eco-innovation for eco-innovative small and medium sized companies. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 31, 43–57 .
- Bocken, N., Allwood, J. 2012. Strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of consumer goods by influencing stakeholders. Journal of Cleaner Production, 35, 118-129 .
- Bocken, N., Allwood, J., Willey, A., King, J. 2012. Development of a tool to rapidly assess implementation difficulty and emissions reduction benefits of innovations. Technovation, 32 (1), 19-31 .
- Bocken, N., Allwood, J., Willey, A., King., J. 2011. Development of an eco-ideation tool to identify stepwise greenhouse gas emissions reduction options for consumer goods. Journal of Cleaner Production. 19 (12), 1279-1287.
- Tyl, B., Valet, F., Bocken, N., Real, M. The integration of a stakeholder perspective into the front end of eco-innovation: a practical approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 108, Part A, 543–557
Conference papers and presentations
- Bocken, N., Allwood. J., Willey, R., King, H. 2011. Development and testing of a tool set to rapidly identify and evaluate a range of GHG reducing options for consumer goods manufacturers. 6th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE), Berkeley, 7-10 June, 2011.
- Bocken, N., Allwood. J., Willey, R., King, H. 2011. A tool-set to significantly reduce supply chain wide CO2 emissions associated with consumer goods. GreenBridge seminar for Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL), Cambridge, April 2011.
- Bocken, N., Allwood. J., Willey, R., King, H. 2010. Design, testing and evaluation of an eco-ideation tool. The 3rd International Conference on Eco-Efficiency, Egmond-aan-Zee, Netherlands, 8-11 June 2010.
- Bocken, N., Allwood, J. 2010. Negotiating long-term targets to remove carbon emissions associated with consumer products. Poster presentation. CUEN Annual Conference, Driving Change: Energy and Transportation in the 21st Century, Cambridge, June 2010.
Well Dressed?
- Allwood, J., Ellebæk Laursen, S., Russell, S., Malvido de Rodríguez, C., Bocken, N. 2008. An approach to scenario analysis of the sustainability of an industrial sector applied to clothing and textiles in the UK. Journal of Cleaner Production, 16 (12), 1234 – 1246.
- Allwood, J., Ellebæk Laursen, S., Malvido de Rodríguez, C., Bocken, N. 2006. Well dressed? The present and future sustainability of clothing and textiles in the United Kingdom. University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing.
- Allwood, J., Laursen, S., Malvido, C. and Bocken, N. 2007. Scenario analysis of the future sustainability of the supply of clothing and textiles to the UK, 4th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE), Toronto, 17-20 June, 2007.
Environmental Performance Variation
- Bocken, N., Morgan, D., Evans, S. 2013. Understanding environmental performance variation in manufacturing companies. Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 62, 8. Special issue on performance measurement of sustainable supply chains.
- Bocken, N., Roberts, S., Litos, L., Evans, S. 2013. Understanding environmental performance variation between factories which make the same products under similar circumstances. 7th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE), Ulsan, 25-28 June, 2013.
- Bocken, N., Morgan, D., Evans, S. 2012. Gaining understanding of the use of sustainability KPIs in practice. Proceedings of the ECEEE 11-14 September 2012 Summer Study on energy efficiency in industry.
Other
- Lüdeke-Freund, F., Massa, L., Bocken, N., Brent, A., & Musango, J. 2016. Business Models for Shared Value: How Sustainability-Oriented Business Models Contribute to Business Success and Societal Progress. Cape Town: Network for Business Sustainability South Africa.
- Schuit, C.S.C, Kraaijenhagen, C., Bocken, N.M.P. Kickstarting circular business experimentation – From product ownership to customer experience. Innoboost & TU Delft.
- Bocken, Nancy. 2014. Sustainable Business: The New Business as Usual? 18 (5), 684-686(invited triple book review for the Journal of Industrial Ecology)
- Lüdeke-Freund, F., Gold, S., & Bocken, N.M.P. Sustainable business model and supply chain conceptions – Towards an integrated perspective. In L. Bals, & W. Tate (Eds.), Implementing Triple Bottom Line Sustainability into Global Supply Chains. Sheffield: Greenleaf (in press).
- Book Chapter “Turn research outputs into stakeholder tools” in “Daly, I., Brophy Haney, A. 2014. 53 Interesting Ways to Communicate Your Research. The Professional and Higher Partnership Ltd, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK”
- Contributor to UK Manufacturing Foresight and the UK Next Manufacturing Revolution
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