The aim of this edited book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges related to innovation for sustainability. Combining work from both emerging and established scholars in different academic fields, this book provides an integrated understanding of the topic from four perspectives. First, the big picture: frameworks, types, and drivers; second, strategy and leadership; third, measurement and assessment and fourth, tools, methods and technologies.

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The editors donate their remuneration for this book to conservation organisation the WWF.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges offered by innovation for sustainability Offers tools, models and methods to further sustainable business models Includes commentaries from industry, NGOs and governmental bodies to offer a truly holistic approach

Autorentext
Nancy Bocken is Professor in Sustainable Business Management and Practice at IIIEE, Lund University, Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology, and Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Paavo Ritala is Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the School of Business and Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland.

Laura Albareda is Associate Professor of Sustainable Business at the School of Business and Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland. She is also Visiting Professor at Deusto Business School.

Robert Verburg is an Associate Professor in Management and Director of the Management of Technology programme at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction: Innovation for sustainability.- Chapter 2 Innovation for sustainability: Skeptical, pragmatic, and idealist perspectives.- Chapter 3 - Innovation for sustainability research landscape: Bibliometric and topical analysis of the literature.- Chapter 4 - Environmental factors in business engagement in innovation for sustainability.- Chapter 5 - Circular business model innovation for sustainable development.- Chapter 6 - Business-driven ecological innovations in green growth strategies.- Chapter 7 Leadership, innovation and sustainability.- Chapter 8 Leadership and goal setting for sustainable innovation in large businesses.- Chapter 9 Exploring the pitfalls of systemic innovations for sustainability.- Chapter 10 Towards smart and sustainable business models in retail .- Chapter 11 - Business model innovation for sustainability through localism.- Chapter 12 - Identifying strategies for sustainable entrepreneurship.- Chapter 13 - Sustainable innovation measurement: Approaches and challenges.- Chapter 14 - Assessing the impact of sustainable business models: challenges, key issues and future research opportunities.- Chapter 15 - Reversing materiality: From a reactive matrix to a proactive SDG agenda.- Chapter 16 - Intentional design for diversity as pathway to scalable sustainability impact.- Chapter 17 - How strategic environmental goals influence product innovation.- Chapter 18 - Experimentation for sustainable innovation.- Chapter 19 - Experimenting with circular business models a process-oriented approach .- Chapter 20 - Game-based approaches to sustainable innovation.- Chapter 21 Circular Economy imaginaries for sustainable innovations.- Chapter 22 - The impact of digital technologies on innovating for sustainability.- Chapter 23 - Online platforms and the circular economy.