Innovation towards sustainable economy - the integration of economy and ecology in companies

Blättel‐Mink, Birgit

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1719(199808)6:2<49::aid-sd84>3.0.co;2-i

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“…The development and implementation of new products (environmental technologies), new production processes, new resources, new markets and new systems (e.g., transportation of goods), and all of them integrate economy and ecology, i.e., introduce ecological aspects in economic strategies (Blättel-Mink 1998).…”

Section: Sustainable Innovation Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovating for sustainability: a framework for sustainable innovations and a model of sustainable innovations orientation

Varadarajan

2015

J. of the Acad. Mark. Sci.

244

185

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In an environment characterized by growing awareness of environmental sustainability among various stakeholders in organizations, innovating for sustainability can be expected to grow in importance from the standpoints of organizational legitimacy, reputation, and performance. Relatedly, a firm's sustainable innovations capabilities as a source of competitive advantage and the sustainability related attributes of a firm's product offerings as bases for market segmentation, target marketing, positioning, and differentiation can also be expected to grow in importance. The emergence of sustainability as a major driver of innovation highlights a number of important issues that merit investigation, such as potential avenues for sustainable innovation and sustainable product innovation and factors underlying differences between firms in their commitment to a sustainable innovations orientation. In an attempt to gain insights into these issues, this paper presents (1) a conceptual framework delineating potential avenues for sustainable innovations and (2) a conceptual model delineating a number of firm-related and industry-related antecedents of sustainable innovations orientation, along with performance outcomes of sustainable innovations orientation. Implications for theory, research, and practice are discussed.

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Section: Sustainable Innovation Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovating for sustainability: a framework for sustainable innovations and a model of sustainable innovations orientation

Varadarajan

2015

J. of the Acad. Mark. Sci.

244

185

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“…First, within the existing literature it remains uncertain precisely what sustainability means or how it can be achieved. A variety of conceptualizations exist (Blättel‐Mink ; Blowfield et al . ; Bos‐Brouwers ; Elkington ; Fussler and James ; George et al .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Sustainability‐oriented Innovation: A Systematic Review

Adams

Jeanrenaud

Bessant

et al. 2015

Int J Management Reviews

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In this article we systematically review the literature relating to Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (SOI), and present a model to help understand different types and phases of SOI in companies. SOI involves making intentional changes to organizational mind-sets and values, as well as the products, processes or practices that produce environmental and/or social benefits in addition to economic value. The model distinguishes between contexts of Operational Optimization, Organizational Transformation, and Systems Building, and is populated with a range of innovation practices illustrating what firms do to become more sustainable. The model is developed from a review of 127 articles from the academic and practitioner literature and focuses on the period between the two Earth Summits . The systematic review forms the foundation of this paper, but we supplement and populate the model with instances of SOI activity drawn from more recent practitioner literature to provide richer insights into contemporary pioneering SOI practice.

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“…Nesse sentido, tais pesquisas envolvem a chamada inovação ecológica, que inclui o desenvolvimento e a implementação de novos produtos, novas tecnologias, novos processos produtivos, novos recursos, novo mercado e novo sistema que integra economia com ecologia, isto é, introduz aspectos ecológicos em estratégias econômicas (BLÄTTEL-MINK, 1998). No entanto, Hoffrén e Apajalahti (2009) ainda entendem que a interconexão entre a interação econômica e ecológica ainda é totalmente negligenciada pela maioria das companhias de grande porte.…”

Section: Comportamento Ecologicamente Conscienteunclassified

Produtos Verdes: Análise Das Características Potencialmente Influenciadoras Dos Consumidores Sustentáveis

Colares

Mattar²

2016

Journal of Management, Accounting and Sustainability

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RESUMOComo resultado da crescente preocupação com o ambiente, a sustentabilidade pressiona e desafia as empresas a considerarem questões como o impacto ambiental dos materiais utilizados na produção, implicações sociais de seus produtos e operações e, em alguns casos, a real necessidade de seus produtos para a sociedade. Haja vista essas questões, o objetivo geral desta pesquisa consiste em analisar o perfil do consumidor brasileiro em relação aos produtos sustentáveis, considerando suas características pessoais e sociais. Este estudo se caracteriza como descritivo, utilizando como procedimento de pesquisa a aplicação de questionário com escala Likert e, quanto à abordagem do problema a pesquisa é classificada como quantitativa. Utilizou-se ainda os testes T de Student e MannWhitney para analisar a significância das variáveis gênero, escolaridade e renda como fatores determinantes do nível de conscientização ambiental. Além disso, aplicou-se a análise de regressão linear para verificar as relações de influência entre o nível de conscientização ambiental, a intenção de compra e compra efetiva de cada respondente. Com base nas respostas de uma amostra de 242 pessoas residentes na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, os resultados da pesquisa permitiram concluir que quanto maior o nível de escolaridade e renda, maior o nível de conscientização ambiental. Por outro lado, não foi possível constatar significância estatística da variável gênero. Com base na aplicação da regressão linear, foi possível verificar que o nível de conscientização ambiental influencia diretamente na intenção de compra e compra efetiva de produtos verdes assim como a intenção de compra influencia na compra efetiva.

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Innovation towards sustainable economy - the integration of economy and ecology in companies

Cited by 51 publications

References 13 publications

Innovating for sustainability: a framework for sustainable innovations and a model of sustainable innovations orientation

Innovating for sustainability: a framework for sustainable innovations and a model of sustainable innovations orientation

Sustainability‐oriented Innovation: A Systematic Review

Produtos Verdes: Análise Das Características Potencialmente Influenciadoras Dos Consumidores Sustentáveis

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