Innovation for Sustainability: Business Transformations Towards a Better World

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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. Chapter 11 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com. The editors donate their remuneration for this book to conservation organisation the WWF. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii Introduction: Innovation for Sustainability (Nancy Bocken, Paavo Ritala, Laura Albareda, Robert Verburg)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-19 Innovation for Sustainability: Sceptical, Pragmatic, and Idealist Perspectives on the Role of Business as a Driver for Change (Paavo Ritala)....Pages 21-34 Innovation for Sustainability: Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis (Laura Albareda, Arash Hajikhani)....Pages 35-57 Environmental Factors in Business Engagement in Innovation for Sustainability (Edurne A. Inigo)....Pages 59-76 Circular Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Development (Eva Guldmann, Rikke Dorothea Huulgaard)....Pages 77-95 Business-Driven Ecological Innovations in Green Growth Strategies (Jan Engelmann, Mohammad Al-Saidi)....Pages 97-113 Front Matter ....Pages 115-116 Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability (Robert Verburg)....Pages 117-133 Leadership and Goal Setting for Sustainable Innovation Projects in Large Businesses (Ilka Weissbrod)....Pages 135-155 Exploring the Pitfalls of Systemic Innovations for Sustainability (Nina Tura, Genevieve Mortimer, Antero Kutvonen)....Pages 157-175 Toward Smart and Sustainable Business Models in Retail (Sveinung Jørgensen, Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen)....Pages 177-192 Business Model Innovation for Sustainability Through Localism (Linn Meidell Dybdahl)....Pages 193-211 Identifying Strategies for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (Tero Rantala, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko, Hannu Rantanen)....Pages 213-229 Front Matter ....Pages 231-232 Sustainable Innovation Measurement: Approaches and Challenges (Nuwan Gunarathne)....Pages 233-251 Assessing the Impact of Sustainable Business Models: Challenges, Key Issues and Future Research Opportunities (Romana Rauter, Martina Zimek, Rupert J. Baumgartner, Josef-Peter Schöggl)....Pages 253-269 REVERSING MATERIALITY: From a Reactive Matrix to a Proactive SDG Agenda (Rob van Tulder, Laura Lucht)....Pages 271-289 Intentional Design for Diversity as Pathway to Scalable Sustainability Impact (Wouter C. Kersten, Jan Carel Diehl, Jo M. L. van Engelen)....Pages 291-309 How Firms’ Strategic Environmental Goals Influence Product Innovation (Wolfgang Gerstlberger, Alex da Mota Pedrosa, Reynir Smari Atlason)....Pages 311-329 Front Matter ....Pages 331-334 Experimentation for Sustainable Innovation (Ilka Weissbrod)....Pages 335-352 Experimenting with Circular Business Models—A Process-Oriented Approach (Maria Antikainen, Nancy Bocken)....Pages 353-374 Game-Based Approaches to Sustainable Innovation (Katherine Whalen, Gerben Kijne)....Pages 375-392 Circular Economy Inspired Imaginaries for Sustainable Innovations (Rumy Narayan, Annika Tidström)....Pages 393-413 The Impacts of Digital Technologies on Innovating for Sustainability (Sabrina Schneider)....Pages 415-433 Online Platforms and the Circular Economy (Jan Konietzko, Nancy Bocken, Erik Jan Hultink)....Pages 435-450 Back Matter ....Pages 451-457