View Article More work is needed also to identify the strategies, tactics and mechanisms related to changing towards and managing SBMs [18,22,23,34,52]. Laasch O. Following this, there was discussion about the selection, especially in cases where there were some doubts or where opinions differed about inclusion or exclusion in the research. Hahn R, Spieth P, Ince I. Rantala T, Ukko J, Saunila M, Havukainen J. Google Scholar, 46. Biloslavo R, Bagnoli C, Edgar D. An eco-critical perspective on business models: The value triangle as an approach to closing the sustainability gap. % Google Scholar, 72. J Clean Prod. That is, many SBM studies remain more descriptive and phenomenon-based and seem to lack a broader theoretical underpinning or contribution (see also [5]). View Article Google Scholar, 79. There is another stream of work which examines how SBMs can be developed and how firms can navigate the process of implementing and managing them. J Clean Prod. 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