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Business Model for Continuous Enterprise Sustainability

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  • Azra Ahmić

    (Assistant professor, International University Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Due to higher requirements for achieving sustainable development goals, current challenging sociopolitical climate and internationalization, business models remain problematic, resulting in a more complex global competition among firms and the need for sustainability incorporation. Throughout this study, a conceptual model based on the systematic literature review was applied as the methodology, with the study's purpose to propose the new Model of Continuous Enterprise Sustainability, which is designed to facilitate and enhance enterprise management in today's demanding and complex business environment by providing concise steps for effectively incorporating sustainability into day†to†day business activities. Five essential components, through their interconnectedness, form the Model of Continuous Enterprise Sustainability, which smooth the path of sustainable management in a dynamic environment, which are as follows: (1) situational factors, (2) creating factors/processes, (3) triple†sustainable results, (4) organizational results, and (5) continuous stakeholder communication, optimization, innovation and learning. This conceptual model contributes in the first line to advancement and detail explanation of how to achieve sustainable human, financial and natural resources management within enterprises. In addition to directions for sustainable internal resources management, this model also involves clarification how to strategically manage with external resources and prime stakeholders in order to integrate meaningful sustainability matters in firm's business core and create continuously greater value for firm and its prime interested parties.

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  • Azra Ahmić, 2022. "Business Model for Continuous Enterprise Sustainability," European Journal of Studies in Management and Business, EUROKD, vol. 22, pages 33-50.
    • Handle: RePEc:bco:mbrqaa::v:22:y:2022:p:33-50
    DOI: 10.32038/mbrq.2022.22.04
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