Future ecosystem business model tool: Design science and field test in the efuel ecosystem towards the sustainability transition
本文提出一个名为未来生态系统商业模式（FEBM）的新工具，通过设计科学方法构建，并在电子燃料项目中进行现场测试，帮助管理者应对可持续转型中的高不确定性和技术相互依赖。
This paper presents a novel business model design tool called Future ecosystem business model (FEBM) . The FEBM aims to address the lack of managerial tools linking business models, foresight, and ecosystem strategizing in the context of systemic technological changes, as those characterizing the sustainability transition in a multi-level perspective. The tool has been shaped through a design science approach building on a structured review of the literature. A field test was conducted through a case study to test the proposed tool. The empirical context was that of a publicly funded project in the field of electrofuels (efuels). The project foresaw the development and integration of several technologies, whose adoption was likely to have significant implications within and across industries. The proposed approach contributes to the literature on business model design in the context of technology-driven transformations characterized by high uncertainty and interdependence, such as those related to the sustainability transition. Strategy and innovation managers may find in the proposed FEBM tool an actionable approach to shape decision-making against far-reaching technological and societal challenges. • The Future Ecosystem Business Model (FEBM) tool is presented. • The tool integrates foresight and ecosystem logic in business model design. • The tool can be applied in the context of systemic technological changes, as those characterizing the sustainability transition. • The tool is designed through design science research. • A field test is conducted in the field of electrofuels (efuels).