Governing sustainability transition: a collaborative business model case from the Mediterranean blue economy

Mechthild Donner (), Maurine Mamès () and Hugo de Vries ()
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Mechthild Donner: UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Maurine Mamès: UMR IATE - Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier
Hugo de Vries: UMR IATE - Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier

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Abstract: The maritime and coastal economy is worldwide important in terms of employment in fishery, tourism, transport, nature preservation and energy sectors, and also contributing to food security. However, it is facing sustainability challenges due to climate change, with negative externalities such as increased water temperatures, rise of the sea level, acidification of water, loss of biodiversity, decreased fishery productivity, or extreme weather events (UNCTAD, 2023). Collaborative business models include joint activities of actors from diverse organizations (public, non-for-profit, industry, research), from different positions of the value chain and from different action levels (niche, regime and landscape), who's aim is to co-create sustainable value (Rohrbeck et al., 2013). Those collaborative business models with diverse actors can jointly address sustainability challenges. Our research aim was to get novel insights into collaborative business models contributing to the sustainability transition via a case example from the blue economy. The case of the French competitive cluster ‘Pôle Mer Méditerrannée' was studied, whose main aim is creating links between companies and research institutes to foster sustainable innovation for a blue economy. More than 500 projects have already been labelled, representing €1.2 billion for R&D. The governance model is linearly organised, with different bodies having specific attributions. Collaboration between members takes place via joint projects or networking events. Sustainable value is co-created by members' inclusion, collaboration and support, and via projects reducing environmental impacts. In general, for designing sustainable collaborative business models, a joint vision, innovation capability, well-organised governance structure, and equal participation and inclusion of representatives from different actor groups seem important.

Keywords: collaborative business model; blue economy; sustainability; governance; Mediterranean case (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06-17
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Published in IFAMA World Conference - Food Security through Innovation & Sustainability, IFAMA, Jun 2024, Almería, Spain

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