Social Business Models in the Digital Economy

Adam Jabłoński is Associate Professor and Head of the Scientific Institute of Management at WSB University in Poznań, Faculty in Chorzów, Poland. He is Vice President of the Board of the consulting company OTTIMA plus Ltd., Katowice and President of the Association Southern Railway Cluster, Katowice, which supports development in railway transport and innovation transfer. Working as a management consultant since 1997, his experience and expertise has grown through his contact with a number of leading companies in Poland and abroad. He is the author of a variety of studies and business analyses on strategic performance management, value-based management, the Balanced Scorecard and business model design. Marek Jabłoński is Associate Professor and Head of the Scientific Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at WSB University in Poznań, Faculty in Chorzów, Poland. He is President of the Board of the consulting company OTTIMA plus Ltd., Katowice and Vice President of the Association Southern Railway Cluster, Katowice, which supports development in railway transport and innovation transfer. Working as a management consultant since 1997, his experience and expertise has grown through his contact with a number of leading companies in Poland and abroad. He is the author of a variety of studies and business analyses on business models, value-based management, performance management, value creation and project management.

• Chapter 1 Social issues and sustainability in contemporary business.- Chapter 2 The impact of the digital technology revolution on creating new markets and people’s behavior.- Chapter 3 New economy business models in the concepts of Big Data, the sharing economy and the circular economy.- Chapter 4 Social business models in the digital economy - a new look at the social aspects of new entrepreneurship.- Chapter 5 The value economy and its influence on shaping social business models.- Chapter 6 Creating Sustainability Business Models in the Digital and Network economy.- Chapter 7 Hybridization as a new way of building social business models.- Chapter 8 Conceptualization and operationalization of social business models in the digital economy.- Chapter 9 Best practices of social business models in the global Digital Economy.- Chapter 10 Conclusion.