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Sustainable Innovation:Strategy, Process and Impact

Editorial Be authentic, follow through, and think holistically: Editorial thoughts on the virtuous circle that is sustainable innovation Mainstreaming sustainable innovation: A multifarious perspective The strategy perspective The network perspective The process perspective The impact perspective Concluding editorial thoughts THEMATIC SECTION ONE: The strategy perspective Business model innovation for sustainability: The role of stakeholder interaction and managerial cognitive change Introduction Theoretical background Core concepts of this study Sustainable business model innovation Stakeholder interaction Managerial cognition Identifying the research gap Research design Case selection Data acquisition and analysis Findings A stakeholder-induced managerial cognitive change NP case D-Grade case WeGo case Three shaping processes Market approach shaping Product and/or service offering shaping Credibility shaping Discussion The role of manager–stakeholder interaction in enabling managerial cognitive change Three shaping processes and related types of managerial cognition Limitations and further research Conclusions Sustainable innovation for the business model of nonprofit organizations Introduction Literature review Sustainable business model in general Sustainable business model of NPOs Analyzing a sustainable NPO business model NPO sustainable innovation and its connection to a NPO’s sustainable business model Methodology Case studies World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)Oxfam Findings and research propositions Conclusion Beyond the Business Model Canvas: Towards a framework of success factors in sustainability startups – an Austrian perspective Introduction Literature review Defining sustainability Sustainability and economics Business modelling for sustainability Startup success and entrepreneurial cognition Methodology Sample of sustainability startup cases Vresh Brotsüchtig Die Fairmittlerei Blün Results – framework development Consciousness Meaning Proactive attitude Responsibility Pioneering role Authenticity Transparency Discussion Conclusion Limitations and suggestions for further research Acknowledgements THEMATIC SECTION TWO: The network perspective Buyer-supplier collaboration for eco-innovations in a circular economy: A network theory approach Introduction Literature review Eco-innovations and the circular economy Supplier collaboration for innovation From supply chains to supply networks Network theory Theoretical background and hypotheses development Power and innovation Traditional measures of power in networks Power in reference to others Strong ties and incremental innovation Weak ties and radical innovation Innovation determined by spatial-linked collaboration Effect of buyer-supply network collaboration on innovation Conclusions Limitations Open innovation and sustainability: on potential roles of open innovation ecosystems for a sustainability transition The role of different ecosystems in sustainability transitions Sustainability transitions Ecosystem types and their characteristics Business ecosystem Innovation ecosystem Knowledge ecosystem Entrepreneurial ecosystem Connecting different dimensions of ecosystems Focus points for investigating combined roles of ecosystem types in a sustainability transition Discussion Acknowledgments Sustainable innovation: drivers, barriers, and actors under an open innovation lens Introduction Sustainable innovation and open innovation: Definitions and peculiarities Sustainable innovation Open innovation Open sustainable innovation: Evidence from the literature Discussion of findings and implications for theory and practice THEMATIC SECTION THREE: The process perspective The role of research centers in developing radical innovation for sustainability Introduction Theoretical framework Sustainability-oriented innovation The role of incremental and radical innovation in sustainability Knowledge needed for the development of sustainability-oriented radical innovation The role of collaboration for radical innovation for sustainability R&D collaboration for radical innovation for sustainability The role of research centers for sustainable radical innovation Key enablers of firms seeking to develop radical sustainable innovation in research centers Establishing phase – steering enablers COORDINATION AND INTERNAL FIRM MANAGEMENT OF INVOLVEMENT INFLUENCING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IDENTIFYING THE CROSSOVER RESEARCHERS CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS Performance phase – knowledge-transfer enablers GOAL ALIGNMENT AND CLARIFICATION OF EXPECTATIONS MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST THROUGH SOCIAL EMBEDDEDNESS HIGH LEVELS OF FIRM INVOLVEMENT End phase – forwarding enablers SPIN-OFF PROJECTS Concluding remarks Making innovation sustainable: Lessons from an internal innovation idea challenge Introduction Theoretical background Sustainable innovation using open innovation Strong leadership for change Systematic knowledge management: Idea Suggestion Platform Change Agents as facilitators Research method Data collection Case analysis Research setting Introduction of the case firm Reigniting innovation Strengthening sustainability through collective intelligence What is the bottom-up innovation program?Process of the Idea Suggestion Platform Why is the ISP working well?Forming a consensus of sustainable innovation Beyond the scope of the idea proposal Change Agent for ISP Current status of the Idea Suggestion Platform Current status From the improvement of the inconvenience to the opportunity of the new business Lessening the burden on innovators for sustainable innovation Challenges of the Idea Suggestion Platform NIH syndrome in the execution of ideas Different evaluation results among the idea reviewers Thinking about continuing ideas Conclusions Note Shaping sustainable innovation based on cultural values Introduction Organizational culture and business ideas for innovation GABV: Business idea and guiding principles Meaning Uniqueness Values and guiding principles Positioning Cultural change for sustainable innovation GABV: innovation based on dialogue, learning, and development Leadership for sustainable innovation GABV: leadership and innovation Managing sustainable innovational values Managing cultural values and innovation Values-based Strategy Map Strategic objective: Business development Change process and target: To attract more members to the movement Strategic objective: Profile development Change process and target: To raise visibility through advocacy and communication Strategic objective: Partnership development Change processes and target: Partnerships and the #BankingOnValues movement Strategic objective: Network and service development Change processes and targets: To help members and strengthen networking Strategic objective: Overall development Change processes and targets: Measuring impact and providing capital solutions Results Conclusion THEMATIC SECTION FOUR: The impact perspective The role of sustainable innovation in building resilience Sustainable innovation (SI) within the concept of climate change resilience Vulnerability Vulnerability: A conceptual framework Reducing vulnerability in urban centers and cities Urban vulnerability as an impact Inherent urban vulnerability Challenges involved in developing vulnerability indicators Conclusion Strategic or symbolic?: A descriptive analysis of the application of social impact measurement in Dutch charity organizations Introduction Measuring impact Defining impact Long-term results and logic models Evaluation Learning and accountability Organizational learning Accountability Institutional pressure A typology on the application of social impact measurement Type 1: Symbolic logic model Type 2: Coherent logic model Type 3: Learning organization Data Survey Sample Results Main findings Typology per size and sector Evaluation and impact practices Conclusion Impact of sustainable innovation on organizational performance Introduction Defining sustainable innovation Innovation compass and innovation spaces Incremental and radical innovation Proposed definition of sustainable innovation Sustainability performance construct Context Values Organizational culture Strategies Business models Sustainable innovation analysis framework Single value creation–regime-oriented strategies Single value creation–transition-oriented strategies Multiple value creation–transition-oriented strategies Multiple value creation–regime-oriented strategies Business model innovation Conclusion Acknowledgements Sustainable innovation and intellectual property rights: friends, foes or perfect strangers?Introduction Sustainable innovation and IPRs: What are the options?Archetypes of sustainable innovation IPRs applicable to sustainable innovation Motives (not) to file IPRs for sustainable innovation Patents Trademarks Design rights Conclusions: Towards a research agenda on IPRs for sustainable innovation Note Challenges in measuring sustainable innovations performance: Perspectives from the agriculture plantations industry Introduction Sustainable innovations Sustainable innovation performance and measurement Sustainable innovations in the plantation agriculture sector Tea industry in Sri Lanka Strip-spreading of tea bushes (SSTB)Herbicide-free integrated weed management (HFIWM)Challenges in the measurement of sustainable innovations Determination of the dimension of sustainability performance to be measured Measurement of the sustainability performance under different dimensions Establishment of accurate measurement methods which are easy to communicate Determination of the system boundary for the measurement of sustainability performance Determination of the time horizon for the measurement of sustainability performance Variability in the sustainability performance on the nature of the biological assets Variability of the sustainability performance on the innovation process Variability of the sustainability performance on uncontrollable factors Possible solutions Determination of the dimension of sustainability performance to be measured and measurement of the sustainability performance under different dimensions Establishment of accurate measurement methods which are easy to communicate Determination of the system boundary for the measurement of sustainability performance Determination of the time horizon for the measurement of sustainability performance Variability in the sustainability performance based on the nature of the biological assets Variability of the sustainability performance on the innovation process Variability of the sustainability performance on the uncontrollable factors Conclusions Notes

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