Co-creation, co-evolution and co-governance: understanding green businesses and urban transformations

Yuge Ma, Thomas F. Thornton, Diana Mangalagiu, Jing Lan (), Dina Hestad, Elena Apostoli Cappello and Sander Leeuw
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Yuge Ma: University of Oxford
Thomas F. Thornton: University of Oxford
Diana Mangalagiu: NEOMA Business School
Jing Lan: Henan University of Economics and Law
Dina Hestad: University of Oxford
Elena Apostoli Cappello: Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Sander Leeuw: Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Climatic Change, 2020, vol. 160, issue 4, No 9, 636 pages

Abstract: Abstract Green businesses based on economic, social and technological innovations are engines of green growth and climate change adaptation across the world. However, without proper interactive mechanisms with the city, green businesses are particularly vulnerable in today’s fast-changing socio-economic and political urban contexts. Existing research on climate change adaptation and low-carbon transitions have not explained the crucial components and mechanisms involved in realising sustainable transformations through green businesses in cities. Synthesizing the latest green innovation and urban transformation literature, the paper analyses four distinctive urban green business cases: free-floating bike sharing in Shanghai (Mobike), a renewable energy cooperative in Girona (Som Energia), urban agriculture in Venice and green building start-ups in Istanbul. Based on a comparative analysis, we theorize a 3-Co model to explain the city-green-business transformation process consisting of: first, co-creation of sustainable values between green business and the respective society; second, co-evolution between the business ecosystem and the city’s visions and policies; and third, co-governance of sustainable trade-offs during the business development and implementation process.

Keywords: Green business; Urban transformations; Social innovation; Collaborative governance; Value co-creation; Co-evolution; Cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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