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Received: 15 May 2018

Accepted: 17 September 2018

First Online: 12 October 2018

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: <i>Dennis Behrens</i>—Dennis Behrens is research assistant and PhD student at the department of Enterprise Modeling and Information Systems at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. His research interests focus on sustainability, demand side management, and green business modelling. Especially Demand Response is in his focus.<i>Thorsten Schoormann</i>—Thorsten Schoormann is research assistant and PhD student at the department of Enterprise Modeling and Information Systems at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. His research interests focus on business modelling approaches as well as business process modelling languages and supporting tools (e.g., business model development tools) that contribute to the creation, representation, and assessment of sustainability in such models. Especially carsharing (e.g., with electric vehicles) is in the focus of his research.<i>Sebastian Bräuer</i>—Sebastian Bräuer works as a postdoctoral research assistant at the department of Enterprise Modeling and Information Systems at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. His main research interests comprise innovative services, especially in the context of electric vehicles, including aspects of service engineering, value networks, and product-service systems. Previous to his work at the institute, he received his doctoral degree at the University of Münster, Germany and worked at the European Center for Information Systems (ERCIS).<i>Ralf Knackstedt</i>—Ralf Knackstedt is Full Professor of the Institute for Economics and Information Systems, department for Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. His research areas include reference modelling, product-service systems, conceptual modelling, and business process management. Before his work at the institute, he received his doctoral degree and his habilitation at the University of Münster, Germany and worked at the European Center for Information Systems (ERCIS). His work has been published in leading academic journals and conferences such as Business Information Systems Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Communications of the AIS, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems and Enterprise Modelling, and Information Systems Architectures.

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