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The most important theme of the discourse on sustainable
development and sustainability challenges concerns the relationship
between innovation and sustainability. This book represents a
realistic critical overview of the state of affairs of sustainable
innovations, offering an accessible and comprehensive diagnostic
point of reference for both the academic and practitioner worlds.
In order for sustainable innovation to truly become mainstream
practice in business it is necessary to find out how organizations
can strategically and efficiently accommodate sustainability and
innovation in such a manner that they accomplish value capturing
(for firms, stakeholders, and for society), not merely creating a
return on the social responsibility agenda. Addressing this
challenge, the book draws together research from a range of
perspectives in order to understand the potential shifts and
barriers, benefits, and outcomes from all angles: inception,
strategic process, and impact for companies and society. The book
also delivers insights of (open) innovation in public sector
organizations, which is not so much a process of invention as it is
one of adoption and diffusion. It examines how the environmental
pillar of the triple bottom line in private firms is often a
by-product of thinking about the economic pillar, where cost
reductions may be achieved through process innovation in terms of
eliminating waste and reducing energy consumption. The impact of
open innovation on process innovation, and sustainable process
innovation in particular, is an underexplored area but is examined
in this book. It also considers the role of the individual
entrepreneur in bringing about sustainable innovation;
entrepreneurs, their small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as
well as the innovation ecosystems they build play a significant
role in generating sustainable innovations where these smaller
organizations are much more flexible than large organizations in
targeting societal needs and challenges. The readership will
incorporate PhD students and postgraduate researchers, as well as
practitioners from organizational advisory fields.
The most important theme of the discourse on sustainable
development and sustainability challenges concerns the relationship
between innovation and sustainability. This book represents a
realistic critical overview of the state of affairs of sustainable
innovations, offering an accessible and comprehensive diagnostic
point of reference for both the academic and practitioner worlds.
In order for sustainable innovation to truly become mainstream
practice in business it is necessary to find out how organizations
can strategically and efficiently accommodate sustainability and
innovation in such a manner that they accomplish value capturing
(for firms, stakeholders, and for society), not merely creating a
return on the social responsibility agenda. Addressing this
challenge, the book draws together research from a range of
perspectives in order to understand the potential shifts and
barriers, benefits, and outcomes from all angles: inception,
strategic process, and impact for companies and society. The book
also delivers insights of (open) innovation in public sector
organizations, which is not so much a process of invention as it is
one of adoption and diffusion. It examines how the environmental
pillar of the triple bottom line in private firms is often a
by-product of thinking about the economic pillar, where cost
reductions may be achieved through process innovation in terms of
eliminating waste and reducing energy consumption. The impact of
open innovation on process innovation, and sustainable process
innovation in particular, is an underexplored area but is examined
in this book. It also considers the role of the individual
entrepreneur in bringing about sustainable innovation;
entrepreneurs, their small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as
well as the innovation ecosystems they build play a significant
role in generating sustainable innovations where these smaller
organizations are much more flexible than large organizations in
targeting societal needs and challenges. The readership will
incorporate PhD students and postgraduate researchers, as well as
practitioners from organizational advisory fields.
The book represents an accessible and comprehensive point of
reference for both the academic and the practitioner world in
showing how education can be transformed and innovated to become
more sustainable and resilient. The recent covid crisis shows that
the education system and approaches used are not sustainable but
can be ambushed and reactive. How can we (in the present) determine
what we should learn to be prepared for the future? How can
education be changed so that we learn more quickly and more
effectively? Not only focusing on new methods/technologies but also
on innovation of the learning process. How to use the experience to
create future proof education and how certain innovations in
education play a role in this transition? These are some of the
questions answered in the book. It represents an overview of the
state of affairs of innovative techniques used in education from
both distance and face-to-face education. The topic of innovation
is highly relevant for both the business world and a challenging
and complex subject for the education industry. This is a unique
book that offers new empirical insights for practitioners and
policy makers of the field. Our approach in designing this book was
a critical reflection of field expertise and scholarly experience,
tailored to the knowledge needs dictated by the novelty and
complexity of the topic.
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