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He also identifies 18 key challenges that companies face when introducing CBMs. The Business Cycle Canvas (BCC) is presented as a new tool that closes the gaps in existing methods. It visualises the business cycle and supports the integration of multi-stakeholder business models, promotes understanding of the needs of other stakeholders and supports the development of new governance structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The research experiments show that the use of the BCC significantly improves the quality of CBM concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download the master's thesis here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.circulareconomyforum.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/circular-business-models-TU-Delft-thisis-final.pdf\" style=\"background-color:#018fba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Masterthesis &#8222;Circular Business Model Innovation: A Process Framework and a Tool for Business Model Innovation in a Circular Economy&#8220; von Bas Mentink, eingereicht an der TU Delft und der [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-papers-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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