Innovation and paths to social-ecological sustainability

Degato, Demissie Damite

doi:10.24212/2179-3565.2017v8i2p3-33

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“…This type of innovation offers the possibility to accomplish sustainability by removing environmental shock and dynamic market pressure without slowing down economic growth [11,[16][17][18][19][20]24,26,29] (identified as R-reverse requirements of companies in Slovakia) while also taking into account the effective use of natural resources. However, businesses face obstacles that must be reduced to the maximum extent feasible in order to foster an environment that will enable even small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovakia to grow in an environmentally friendly way.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The output of the process of clustering object distances is a dendrogram presenting a graphical grouping of related objects in clusters. The Ward method was used within the algorithms of agglomerative clustering [17]. It connects clusters in which the increment of the total intragroup sum of squares of deviations of individual values from the cluster averages is minimal, which is important to interpret the whole analysis.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reconciling the economic and environmental performance of enterprises will represent the improvement of the environment (ix) and the increase of competitiveness (x) through ecological innovations. Therefore, eco-innovations offer a chance to achieve sustainability through efficient use of natural resources, eliminating environmental shocks, environmental impacts, and market pressure without delaying economic growth [16][17][18][19][20].…”

Section: Research Subject and Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Innovation as a Tool for Sustainable Development in Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Slovakia

Loučanová,

Nosáľová,

Olšiaková

et al. 2023

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Background: In the current global market, innovations are one of the tools of sustainable development. Therefore, companies must change their attitudes toward innovation strategies in accordance with international and national environmental standards, laws, and market requirements. We often come across, in particular, the evaluation of economic factors of sustainability, which cannot capture the attitudes of companies to the solved issue of the perception of innovation as a tool of sustainable development. Therefore, the Kano model and cluster analysis are used to evaluate the attitudes of Slovak small and medium-sized enterprises towards innovation, and the aim of this paper is to evaluate innovation as a tool of sustainability in enterprises in Slovakia. Methods: This article’s main research method is the Kano model and cluster analysis. Conclusions: The findings of this paper reveal how small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovakia perceive innovation as a tool for sustainable development. Based on the results, we can state the positive attitude of small and medium-sized enterprises towards innovations supporting sustainable development, focusing on frugal innovations characterized by cost reduction, as well as innovation targeting functions, standards, laws, and performance optimization. They perceive these innovations as attractive and their implementation in corporate structures as a basic function for sustainable development through innovation.

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Innovation as a Tool for Sustainable Development in Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Slovakia

Loučanová,

Nosáľová,

Olšiaková

et al. 2023

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“…Linking ecological innovation and economic growth can then lead to sustainable competitive advantages. The sustainability orientation within the evaluation of innovation performance becomes more important to achieve successful transformation towards sustainability [3][4][5][6][7].…”

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confidence: 99%

Ecological Innovation: Sustainable Development in Slovakia

2022

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Background: Systematic management of innovation in the context of sustainable development based on ecological innovation is an essential part of the global market. Therefore, it will be guided by ecological innovations, which represent a means of sustainable development. The traditional approach to the evaluation of innovations focused mainly on economic results and failed to capture the ecological dimensions of sustainability from the theme of view of their consumers’ application. Therefore, the paper has the aim of evaluating the sustainability of ecological innovations from the perspective of customers in Slovakia, focusing on the elementary characteristics of sustainability through ecological innovations from the point of view of consumers. In the research, we focus on the parameters of ecological innovations connected with the sustainability of buildings and their operation—energy, health, comfort, materials, living processes and the quality of the place and equipment from the point of view of mobility. Methods: The primary study method is the Kano model. Conclusions: The results point to the fact that Slovak respondents are largely unaffected by ecological innovations, but they perceive the use of cars with an internal combustion engine as a mandatory requirement; innovations in thermal insulation, the use of natural and renewable materials and mass transport are attractive requirements for the respondents. Heating and use of recyclable materials are one-dimensional requirements.

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