The literature on Sustainable Business Models (SBMs) has burgeoned, identifying different archetypes to capture the variety of business models applied. Little is known, however, regarding to what extent such SBMs are effectively driving sustainable performance. This paper addresses this gap by exploring how SBMs relate to sustainability performance, considering both overall sustainable performance and the balance across the three dimensions – environmental, social, and economic (integrated performance). Based on original survey data on B Corps located in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, our findings suggest that the implementation of most SBMs results in the prioritization of one sustainability dimension over the others, especially when it comes to economically-oriented SBMs. Furthermore, our study suggests that none of the SBM archetypes considered is associated with a balanced sustainable performance, that is, none of them are inherently better able to overcome tensions across the Triple Bottom Line.

关于可持续商业模式 (SBM) 的文献蓬勃发展，确定了不同的原型以捕捉应用的各种商业模式。然而，关于此类 SBM 在多大程度上有效推动可持续绩效，我们知之甚少。本文通过探讨 SBM 如何与可持续性绩效相关联来解决这一差距，同时考虑整体可持续绩效和三个维度之间的平衡——环境、社会和经济（综合绩效）。根据位于意大利、西班牙和英国的 B Corps 的原始调查数据，我们的调查结果表明，大多数 SBM 的实施导致一个可持续性维度的优先级高于其他维度，尤其是在涉及以经济为导向的 SBM 时。此外，