Facilitating Sustainable Innovation Through Collaboration

by Sarkis, Joseph; Cordeiro, James J.; Vazquez Brust, Diego

• ISBN13: 9789048131587
• ISBN10: 9048131588
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-04
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

"Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration" takes an unusually international perspective of sustainable innovation with contributions from Australia, Europe, and North America. Prominent policy makers, scientific researchers and practitioners in this field provide various inputs and analyses relating to the development of sustainable innovations. It is expected that policy makers, organizations, individual researchers, students and even communities can further develop and implement concepts and practices by drawing on the variety of projects and theoretical foundations presented in this volume.

Table of Contents

Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration	p. 1
Sustainability Considerations and Triple-Helix Collaboration in Regional Innovation Systems	p. 17
Partnerships and Sustainable Regional Innovation Systems: Special Roles for Universities?	p. 41
Obstacles to and Facilitators of the Implementation of Small Urban Wind Turbines in the Netherlands	p. 59
Regional Sustainability, Innovation and Welfare Through an Adaptive Process Model	p. 77
FOCISS for an Effective Sustainable Innovation Strategy	p. 97
The Emergence of Sustainable Innovations: Key Factors and Regional Support Structures	p. 115
Disruption or Sustenance? An Institutional Analysis of the Sustainable Business Network in West Michigan	p. 135
Regional Perspectives on Capacity Building for Ecodesign - Insights from Wales	p. 159
Fostering Responsible Tourism Business Practices Through Collaborative Capacity-Building	p. 185
Backcasting Using Principles for Implementing Cradle-to-Cradle	p. 203
Corporate Strategies for Sustainable Innovations	p. 217
Strategic Alliances for Environmental Protection	p. 233
Towards Sustainability Through Collaboration Between Industrial Sectors and Government: The Mexican Case	p. 247
Index	p. 265
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