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Business and Management
Netherlands
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
70
Citations
33338
World Ranking
295
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Nancy Bocken is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and specializes in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research focuses primarily on various subfields including Strategy and Management, Marketing, Business and International Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

Their scholarly contributions cover a range of topics centered on sustainability and innovation. Key areas include Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Service and Product Innovation, Sustainable Industrial Ecology, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and aspects of the Sharing Economy and Platforms.

Among their recent published papers are: Unsustainable business models - Recognising and resolving institutionalised social and environmental harm (2021) in the Journal of Cleaner Production, Six ways to build circular business models (2021) in the Journal of Business Strategy, The battle of the buzzwords: A comparative review of the circular economy and the sharing economy concepts (2020) in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, A process model for collaboration in circular oriented innovation (2020) in the Journal of Cleaner Production, and A call for action: The impact of business model innovation on business ecosystems, society and planet (2022) in Long Range Planning.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Jan Konietzko, Paavo Ritala, Laura Nießen, Marc Dijk, and Ankita Das.

Nancy Bocken's work is commonly published in academic venues such as the Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Academy of Management Proceedings, Sustainability, and Circular Economy and Sustainability.

In addition to articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications with at least one title titled A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age released in 2024 by the publisher Circular economy and sustainability.

Best Publications

  • The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm?

    Martin Geissdoerfer;Martin Geissdoerfer;Paulo Savaget;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Erik Jan Hultink

  • A literature and practice review to develop sustainable business model archetypes

    Nancy Bocken;Samuel W. Short;Padmakshi Rana;Steve Evans

  • Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy

    Nancy M. P. Bocken;Ingrid de Pauw;Conny Bakker;Bram van der Grinten

  • A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns

    Florian Lüdeke-Freund;Stefan Gold;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Nancy M.P. Bocken

  • A value mapping tool for sustainable business modelling

    Nancy Maria Bocken;S Short;Padmakshi Rana;Stephen Evans

  • Towards a sufficiency-driven business model : Experiences and opportunities

    N.M.P. Bocken;N.M.P. Bocken;S.W. Short

  • Design thinking to enhance the sustainable business modelling process – A workshop based on a value mapping process

    Martin Geissdoerfer;Martin Geissdoerfer;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Erik Jan Hultink

  • Value mapping for sustainable business thinking

    N.M.P. Bocken;P. Rana;S.W. Short

  • Barriers and drivers to sustainable business model innovation: Organization design and dynamic capabilities

    Nancy M.P. Bocken;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Thijs H.J. Geradts;Thijs H.J. Geradts

  • Sustainable venture capital – catalyst for sustainable start-up success?

    Nancy Maria Bocken;Nancy Maria Bocken

  • Experimenting with a circular business model: Lessons from eight cases

    Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken;Cheyenne Schuit;Christiaan Kraaijenhagen

  • Bridging sustainable business model innovation and user-driven innovation: A process for sustainable value proposition design

    B. Baldassarre;Giulia Calabretta;Nancy Bocken;Tomasz Jaskiewicz

  • Circular Cities: Mapping Six Cities in Transition

    Sharon Prendeville;Emma Cherim;Nancy Bocken

  • Do circular economy business models capture intended environmental value propositions

    Kaisa Manninen;Kaisa Manninen;Sirkka Koskela;Riina Antikainen;Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken

  • Circular Economy in the building sector: Three cases and a collaboration tool

    Eline Leising;Jaco Quist;Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken

  • Taking the Circularity to the Next Level: A Special Issue on the Circular Economy

    Nancy M. P. Bocken;Nancy M. P. Bocken;Elsa A. Olivetti;Jonathan M. Cullen;José Potting;José Potting

  • Sustainable business model archetypes for the banking industry

    Angus W.H. Yip;Angus W.H. Yip;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Nancy M.P. Bocken;Nancy M.P. Bocken

  • Sustainable business model experimentation by understanding ecologies of business models

    Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken;Frank Boons;Brian Baldassarre

  • Circular ecosystem innovation : An initial set of principles

    Jan Konietzko;Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken;Erik Jan Hultink

  • Sustainable business model adoption among S&P 500 firms: A longitudinal content analysis study

    Paavo Ritala;Pontus Huotari;Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken;Laura Albareda

  • Industrial Symbiosis: Towards a design process for eco-industrial clusters by integrating Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology perspectives

    Brian Baldassarre;Micky Schepers;Nancy Bocken;Eefje Cuppen

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Evans
Steve Evans University of Cambridge
Paavo Ritala
Paavo Ritala Lappeenranta University of Technology
Erik Jan Hultink
Erik Jan Hultink Delft University of Technology
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Julian M. Allwood
Julian M. Allwood University of Cambridge
Stefan Gold
Stefan Gold Technical University of Munich
Jan P.L. Schoormans
Jan P.L. Schoormans Delft University of Technology
Alexander Brem
Alexander Brem University of Stuttgart
Joseph Sarkis
Joseph Sarkis Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Koen Frenken
Koen Frenken Utrecht University

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