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The viability of novel network-level circular business models (CBMs) is debated heavily. Many companies are hesitant to implement CBMs in their daily practice, because of the various roles, stakes and opinions and the resulting uncertainties. Testing novel CBMs prior to implementation is needed. Some scholars have used digital simulation models to test elements of business models, but this this has not yet been done systematically for CBMs. To address this knowledge gap, this paper presents a systematic iterative method to explore and improve CBMs prior to actual implementation by means of agent-based modelling and simulation. An agent-based model (ABM) was co-created with case study participants in three Industrial Symbiosis networks. The ABM was used to simulate and explore the viability effects of two CBMs in different scenarios. The simulation results show which CBM in combination with which scenario led to the highest network survival rate and highest value captured. In addition, we were able to explore the influence of design options and establish a design that is correlated to the highest CBM viability. Based on these findings, concrete proposals were made to further improve the CBM design, from company level to network level. This study thus contributes to the development of systematic CBM experimentation methods. The novel approach provided in this work shows that agent-based modelling and simulation is a powerful method to study and improve circular business models prior to implementation.
Kasper P.H. Lange; Gijsbert Korevaar; Inge F. Oskam; Igor Nikolic; Paulien M. Herder. Agent-based Modelling and Simulation for Circular Business Model Experimentation. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances 2021, 200055 .
AMA StyleKasper P.H. Lange, Gijsbert Korevaar, Inge F. Oskam, Igor Nikolic, Paulien M. Herder. Agent-based Modelling and Simulation for Circular Business Model Experimentation. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances. 2021; ():200055.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKasper P.H. Lange; Gijsbert Korevaar; Inge F. Oskam; Igor Nikolic; Paulien M. Herder. 2021. "Agent-based Modelling and Simulation for Circular Business Model Experimentation." Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances , no. : 200055.
Kasper Lange; Gijsbert Korevaar; Igor Nikolic; Paulien Herder. Actor Behaviour and Robustness of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 2021, 24, 1 .
AMA StyleKasper Lange, Gijsbert Korevaar, Igor Nikolic, Paulien Herder. Actor Behaviour and Robustness of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 2021; 24 (3):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKasper Lange; Gijsbert Korevaar; Igor Nikolic; Paulien Herder. 2021. "Actor Behaviour and Robustness of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach." Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 24, no. 3: 1.
Symbiotic Urban Agriculture Networks (SUANs) are a specific class of symbiotic networks that intend to close material and energy loops from cities and urban agriculture. Private and public stakeholders in SUANs face difficulties in the implementation of technological and organisational design interventions due to the complex nature of the agricultural and urban environment. Current research on the dynamics of symbiotic networks, especially Industrial Symbiosis (IS), is based on historical data from practice, and provides only partly for an understanding of symbiotic networks as a sociotechnical complex adaptive system. By adding theory and methodology from Design Science, participatory methods, and by using agent-based modelling as a tool, prescriptive knowledge is developed in the form of grounded and tested design rules for SUANs. In this paper, we propose a conceptual Design Science method with the aim to develop an empirically validated participatory agent-based modelling strategy that guides sociotechnical design interventions in SUANs. In addition, we present a research agenda for further strategy, design intervention, and model development through case studies regarding SUANs. The research agenda complements the existing analytical work by adding a necessary Design Science approach, which contributes to bridging the gap between IS dynamics theory and practical complex design issues.
Kasper P.H. Lange; Gijsbert Korevaar; Inge F. Oskam; Paulien M. Herder. Developing and Understanding Design Interventions in Relation to Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics. Sustainability 2017, 9, 826 .
AMA StyleKasper P.H. Lange, Gijsbert Korevaar, Inge F. Oskam, Paulien M. Herder. Developing and Understanding Design Interventions in Relation to Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (5):826.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKasper P.H. Lange; Gijsbert Korevaar; Inge F. Oskam; Paulien M. Herder. 2017. "Developing and Understanding Design Interventions in Relation to Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics." Sustainability 9, no. 5: 826.