Call for Submissions

Humanity faces many uncertainties to wellbeing and prosperity from growing worldwide challenges. Yet the progress on the SDGs is far from advancing at the speed or scale required. Thus, the 6th edition of the Conference focuses on business model innovation for the SDGs. In particular, we aim to provoke interesting conversations on sustainable, evidence-based and impactful business models, linking research and practice.

Please find the Call for Submissions here

We are looking for contributions that bridge disciplinary boundaries as a means of tackling the systemic and complex nature of the grand challenges on one hand, and business models for sustainability on the other.

Aligned with the tradition of the NBM conference, the types of submissions include, but are not limited to:

Theoretical, conceptual, and empirical papers
Experimental research
Literature and practice reviews
Single, multiple, large-sample case studies
Qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods research

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts, short papers and full papers until 14 February 2021 through the registration and submission system (ConfTool). Accepted contributions must be revised and resubmitted until 23 April 2021. All accepted and timely (re-)submitted contributions will be referenced in the conference proceedings. Contributions must be submitted to one of the proposed sessions

Sessions details

Submission Guidelines

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Make sure you use the below templates for your paper

Template for extended abstracts

Template for short papers

Template for full papers

A new feature of the NBM@Halmstad 2021 conference is to offer a pre-conference, half-day doctoral workshop. The doctoral workshop is intended for students who work on new business models-related topics and are at different stages in their PhD studies process. The objective of the workshop is to support doctoral students as they shape their dissertations.

Call for Applicants for Doctoral Workshop

Journal of Industrial Ecology

The Journal of Industrial Ecology invites submissions for a special issue on linking Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Authors are encouraged, but not required, to submit an extended abstract by March 1st, 2021 in order to receive feedback about potential submissions from the editorial team. Full manuscript submission deadline is 15 October 2021. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed, and the acceptance of abstracts and presentations in the conference does not guarantee the publications in the special issue.

Special Issue on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Sustainable Development Goals