Eco-Innovation and the Development of Business Models - Lessons from Experience and New Frontiers in Theory and Practice (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

Environmental challenges such as pollution, climate change, water and natural resources depletion and dwindling bio-diversity are true threats to the survival of our civilization, forcing us to learn how to act now. Fortunately this is exactly what this book does: presenting real life cases, along with theory, methodologies and tools demonstrating how eco-innovation can support sustainable economic growth and save our planet for future generations. Following an introduction describing developments and directions of eco-innovation, Section One discusses Models and Frameworks Supporting Eco-Innovation, with chapters on search strategy for radical eco-innovation; and systematic eco-innovation with TRIZ Methodology. Section Two offers surveys and case studies showing eco-innovation in practice, including a sketch of the eco-innovative landscape in the Brazilian Cellulose, Paper and Paper Products Industry; efforts to eco-innovate among large Swedish companies; progress towards joint product-service business models and more. The third section surveys future directions and emerging trends, among them a new methodology for eco-friendly construction; the development of lightweight small inter-island ferries in Scandinavia and BioTRIZ: a win-win methodology for eco-innovation. The book explores eco-innovation as a framework for supporting the development of new business models which consider the entire business ecosystem, on the way to a sustainable world. Moreover, it explores the eco-innovation process in cross-national and cross-sector perspective.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Greening of Industry Networks Studies, 2
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	Susana Garrido Azevedo • Marcus Brandenburg • Helena Carvalho • Virgilio Cruz-Machado
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	314
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-05076-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business negotiation Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General
LSN:	3-319-05076-1
Barcode:	9783319050768

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