Ecopreneurship by Niels Robert Schneider

Author:Niels Robert Schneider
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2020-04-18T06:18:22.286000+00:00

Tab. 4.1:Achieving economic sustainability.

Dimension Practice Description Cases Literature

Revenue Steams Sales of products and services Target pricing The organisation sets the prices in accordance to their customers purchasing power 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 Bhimani et al. (1999); Bonney et al. (2013); Brecard et al. (2009); Doherty, Haugh & Lyon (2014); Holloway & Kneafsey (2000);

Cost-plus pricing The organisation sets the prices starting from their own cost and adding a mark-up 4, 6, 7, 9

Market pricing The organisation sets the prices in accordance to their competitors 1, 6, 7, 10

Grant funding The organisation receives external funding other than market revenues 2, 5, 6, 9, 11 Doherty, Haugh & Lyon (2014); Dohrmann, Raith & Siebold (2015)

Sale of waste products The organisation generates additional revenue through selling waste and by-products 3, 4, 8, 11 Ambec & Lanoie, (2008); Cicatiello et al. (2016); Dohrmann, Raith & Siebold (2015); Santos, Pache & Birkholz (2015); York, O’Neil & Saravathy (2016)

Costs Human resources Paying higher salaries The organisation pays higher salaries to their employees in an effort of increasing social sustainability 4, 6 Barrientos & Reilly (2016); Parrish (2010); Smith et al (2012);

Using volunteers The organisation uses volunteers in an effort of keeping their cost down 2, 5, 9

Mark-Up for organic and local The organisation pays a higher mark-up for organic and local produce 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11 Kirkwood & Walton (2010b); (Wiskerke, 2009)

Profitability Sustaining mission The organisation aims to capture sufficient profits to sustain their operations and with them the mission of the organisation 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 Kirkwood & Walton (2010a); Proctor (2012); Williams & Nadin (2013)

Making a living The organisation aims to make enough profit so that every member can make a living of their income 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 Dixon & Clifford (2007); Kirkwood & Walton (2010a); Phillips (2012)

Channelling cash from business unit to value driven activities The organisation aims to capture profits in their business unit in order to fund their value led activities with the access cash 2, 5, 9, 10 Doherty, Haugh & Lyon (2014); Smith et al. (2012)

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