The Benefits of Sustainability‐Driven Innovation

Kiron, David; Kruschwitz, Nina; Reeves, Martin; Haanaes, Knut; Goh, Eugene

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“…Companies can also benefit from collaboration with other firms or stakeholders, for example to keep up with information flows, changes in the innovation system, and to be able to respond to them [45,58,77,100]. In some cases it can be necessary to refine the business model to be successfully responsive to changes in the external environment [100,101].…”

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Lessons for Responsible Innovation in the Business Context: A Systematic Literature Review of Responsible, Social and Sustainable Innovation Practices

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This paper aims to contribute to the ongoing conceptual debate on responsible innovation, and provides innovation practices and processes that can help to implement responsible innovation in the business context. Based on a systematic literature review of 72 empirical scholarly articles, it was possible to identify, analyse and synthesise empirical findings reported in studies on social, sustainable and responsible innovation practices in the business context. The synthesis of the included articles resulted in a refined framework for responsible innovation in the business context. This framework includes an overview of innovation practices and processes that can enhance the dimensions of responsible innovation: anticipation, reflexivity, inclusion, deliberation, responsiveness and knowledge management. Additionally, knowledge gaps are identified and a research agenda for responsible innovation is proposed. This review can therefore serve as a next step in the theoretical and practical development of responsible innovation in general, and in the business context in particular.

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“…In some cases it can be necessary to refine the business model to be successfully responsive to changes in the external environment [100,101]. When developing an innovation with different stakeholders, it is important that there is clarity about the roles and responsibilities of those stakeholders [69,92].…”

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“…For example, Nike can collaborate with NGOs to help the firm identify credible and meaningful sustainability objectives and activities that do not smack of "greenwashing" (Kiron et al, 2013). Another good example involves Wal-Mart: "In 2006, then-CEO [of Walmart] Lee Scott launched Sustainability 360, establishing explicit goals to purchase 100% renewable energy, create zero waste, slash greenhouse gas emissions, and sell 'products that sustain our resources and the environment.'…”

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“…Conversely, firms are encouraged to manage and overcome internal weaknesses and external threats by planning ahead and wisely using their available resources to minimize the potential negative impact on these firms. (Kiron, et al, 2013). For example, "GE's eco-imagination initiative, poised to deliver $25 billion in revenues in 2010, enabled CEO Jeff Immelt not just to reposition the company as an energy and environmental solutions provider but to build a green aura into the GE [General Electric] brand."…”

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“…(2) Nike could use tight inter-organizational mechanisms with customers to find out if they are willing to pay premium prices for sustainable products/services (Kiron et al, 2013). (3) Nike uses its collaboration skills to continue supporting transparency about factories it does business with in terms of contract manufacturing; Nike collaborates with organizations like the Fair Labor Association (FLA), the Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC), and the Better Work Initiative, to ensure that these contracted manufacturers are observing codes of conduct and are responding to common assessment methods (Nike, 2012).…”

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Using the Technology-Organization-Environment Framework for Analyzing Nike’s “Considered Index” Green Initiative, a Decision Support System-Driven System

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This study explains the implementation of an environmental management information system that supports the sustainability goals of Nike using the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework of Tornatzky and Fleischer. Literature review is applied to a single firm in using the TOE framework, with particular emphasis on the technological context of the framework. The use of Nike's firm level decision support systems is highlighted in this study. Suggestions are made about improving Nike's Material Sustainability Index (MSI), its key sustainability tool, which is at the heart of the firm's group decision support system tool.

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Microfoundations of companies' dynamic capabilities for environmentally sustainable innovation: Case study insights from high‐tech innovation in science‐based companies

2018

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To achieve sustainable development, companies are increasingly putting an emphasis on the creation and the promotion of environmentally sustainable innovations. Environmentally sustainable innovation often involves a significant shift in a new strategic direction.This paper studies this shift from a dynamic capabilities perspective and aims to identify the microfoundations of science-based companies' dynamic capabilities for high-tech environmentally sustainable innovations. It investigates the development of high-tech environmentally sustainable innovations in two distinctive science-based companies.To scholars, this study provides an in-depth process analysis, over time, of how and why microfoundations of dynamic capabilities influence the development of a sciencebased company's high-tech environmentally sustainable innovations. To practitioners in science-based firms, this process study can function as a frame of reference, enabling the tailoring of a strategy for high-tech environmentally sustainable innovation.

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The Benefits of Sustainability‐Driven Innovation

Cited by 104 publications

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Lessons for Responsible Innovation in the Business Context: A Systematic Literature Review of Responsible, Social and Sustainable Innovation Practices

Lessons for Responsible Innovation in the Business Context: A Systematic Literature Review of Responsible, Social and Sustainable Innovation Practices

Using the Technology-Organization-Environment Framework for Analyzing Nike’s “Considered Index” Green Initiative, a Decision Support System-Driven System

Microfoundations of companies' dynamic capabilities for environmentally sustainable innovation: Case study insights from high‐tech innovation in science‐based companies

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