Linking sustainability-oriented innovation to supply chain relationship integration

Neutzling, Daiane Mülling; Land, Anna; Seuring, Stefan; Nascimento, Luís Felipe

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.091

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“…These strategies may been seen as 'reactive' or 'proactive' [25] and thus as 'incremental' or 'radical' in their innovativeness, respectively [17,26]: incrementally innovative strategies for enhancing sustainability in the supply chain may involve supplier management and development approaches which seek to improve the sustainability (environmental/social) performance of existing supply chain structures/products/processes through managing risks and performance levels across the supply chain; radically innovative strategies might involve the proactive development of new sustainable products which requires the development of new relationships and new supply chain structures [25,28]. In this regard, for both incremental and radical innovations for sustainable supply chain management, the importance of relationships and collaboration with supply chain partners has been emphasized [29].…”

Section: Intra-firm and Inter-firm Levelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Innovation Ecosystem from the Perspective of Sustainability: Towards a Conceptual Framework

Liu

Stephens

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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With technology advancement, industrial revolution 4.0, businesses nowadays are in competition in terms of product, service and business model innovation. Meanwhile, the emergent socio-ecological crisis is making it increasingly important to identify the impact of business on environment and the society. To date, much literature has explored how sustainability might be achieved through firms’ internal research and development, and supply chain collaboration. However, issues such as how different stakeholders including customers, partners, government, and universities can be involved, forming innovation ecosystem in a sustainable way is under-explored. This paper aims to provide connection between innovation and sustainability, through literature review and exploratory case studies. A conceptual framework is generated starting from firm/intra-firm level, to supply chain/inter-firm level, and towards ecosystem level. With emerging themes of innovation from sustainability perspective proposed, the framework can be enriched and validated through future empirical studies.

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Section: Intra-firm and Inter-firm Levelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Innovation Ecosystem from the Perspective of Sustainability: Towards a Conceptual Framework

Liu

Stephens

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…Consequently, the link between innovation and sustainability is still not well developed (Neutzling et al 2018). Further, Adams et al (2016) write 'previous work tends to treat sustainability dichotomously (sustainable/not sustainable), rather than embedding sustainability-oriented innovations as a dynamic, unfolding process that is achieved over time ' (p. 181).…”

Section: Sustainability-oriented Innovation (Soi)mentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of sustainable business models for innovation in Swedish agri-food production

Ulvenblad

Tell

2018

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

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Companies in the agri-food sector are under increasing pressure to adopt sustainable business models that consider not only economic but also both social and environmental aspects. This paper examines how Swedish food producers use sustainable business models to innovate their businesses. The empirical data comes from a telephone survey with 204 companies and from case studies of 4 companies. A conceptual framework regarding sustainabilityoriented innovation (SOI) and a eight sustainable business model archetypes are used to map and analyse the sustainability innovation practices and the sustainable business models. The results show a surprisingly sustainable business focus taken by many companies, which is not only on optimization, but also on organizational transformation and on systems building. The results show the companies vary as far as which archetypes they match. The most common archetype matches are 'Maximise material and energy efficiency' and 'Adopt a stewardship role'. Only 10% measure success solely in financial terms, while 80% measure success in financial terms as well as social and environmental terms. Another conclusion is that companies in the agri-food sector have unique characteristics and the value intention of the entrepreneurs is an important building block in sustainable business model innovation.

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“…Sustainable innovation can be defined as introducing novel, or modifications in, production processes, techniques, systems, organizations and products to reduce environmental damage. Neutzling et al [102] assume that an effective development of innovation in sustainable SCM strategies relies on the integration of inter-organizational relationships. These are explained by three major factors: (1) resource investments, built on the relational view [90,103]; (2) collaboration [104,105]; and (3) governance mechanisms [106].…”

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Knowledge and Technology Transfer Influencing the Process of Innovation in Green Supply Chain Management: A Multicriteria Model Based on the DEMATEL Method

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After performing a systematic review of the literature, it was noticeable that the discussion regarding Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) along with Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) and Innovation is scarce. To address this issue, the objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between GSCM, KTT, and Innovation. To achieve this purpose, we developed a conceptual framework based on the literature review, which raised some hypotheses. In order to verify the hypotheses and validate the framework, we designed a multicriteria model called the KTT-GSCM Multicriteria Model, composed of two stages. The first stage describes factors that are relevant to GSCM, KTT, and Innovation, ascertaining which ones have influence over the others and which ones are influenced by the others, through the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method. The second stage of the model analyzes the level of each perspective in each company and in the supply chain as a whole, thus verifying the hypotheses. This model was applied in 13 firms of a supply chain that has a rotomolding firm as a focal company. Through the development and application of the model, it was possible to verify the hypotheses raised and conclude that the perspectives of GSCM, KTT, and Innovation are, in fact, influenced by one another and that both Innovation and KTT promote greater development in GSCM.

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Linking sustainability-oriented innovation to supply chain relationship integration

Cited by 151 publications

References 63 publications

Exploring Innovation Ecosystem from the Perspective of Sustainability: Towards a Conceptual Framework

Exploring Innovation Ecosystem from the Perspective of Sustainability: Towards a Conceptual Framework

An overview of sustainable business models for innovation in Swedish agri-food production

Knowledge and Technology Transfer Influencing the Process of Innovation in Green Supply Chain Management: A Multicriteria Model Based on the DEMATEL Method

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