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oapen-20.500.12657-582132022-09-16T03:13:37Z Chapter Innovation and sustainability: the Italian scenario Cataldo, Rosanna Grassia, Maria Gabriella Mazzocchi, Paolo Quintano, Claudio Rocca, Antonella Sustainability Innovation Composite Indicators bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research & statistics Society and policy makers demand innovation systems oriented towards several goals of sustainable development. Therefore, recent literature has dedicated a growing interest to both innovation and sustainability in the pursuit of environmental, economic and social development; in addition, the emerging topic of ‘sustainable innovation’ (and ‘eco-innovation’) seems to combine the main features of them. The definition of these concepts has been significantly changed during the last decades, and a broad discussion continues today about which indicators should be used to measure innovation, sustainability and their combination. The current paper investigates this relationship, and - in the authors’ opinion - the research question connected to the impact of the innovative product (and service and process) solutions on sustainability can be addressed by means of a stable theoretical framework. To study the interaction between innovation and sustainability, the usage of specific territorial features might represent a useful perspective to manage short-and long-term environmental and economic issues. As for the theoretical model, the present article considers a specific technique suitable for investigating the entire set of characteristics involved in the model. From a public makers and managerial point of view, the possibility of improving the firm’ efficiencies in terms of several dimensions of sustainable innovation represents a relevant topic that must be encouraged. 2022-09-15T20:05:25Z 2022-09-15T20:05:25Z 2021 chapter ONIX_20220915_9788855183048_9 2704-5846 9788855183048 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58213 eng Proceedings e report application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 978-88-5518-304-8_15.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-304-8_15 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8.15 10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8.15 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855183048 127 6 Florence open access
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Society and policy makers demand innovation systems oriented towards several goals of sustainable development. Therefore, recent literature has dedicated a growing interest to both innovation and sustainability in the pursuit of environmental, economic and social development; in addition, the emerging topic of ‘sustainable innovation’ (and ‘eco-innovation’) seems to combine the main features of them. The definition of these concepts has been significantly changed during the last decades, and a broad discussion continues today about which indicators should be used to measure innovation, sustainability and their combination. The current paper investigates this relationship, and - in the authors’ opinion - the research question connected to the impact of the innovative product (and service and process) solutions on sustainability can be addressed by means of a stable theoretical framework. To study the interaction between innovation and sustainability, the usage of specific territorial features might represent a useful perspective to manage short-and long-term environmental and economic issues. As for the theoretical model, the present article considers a specific technique suitable for investigating the entire set of characteristics involved in the model. From a public makers and managerial point of view, the possibility of improving the firm’ efficiencies in terms of several dimensions of sustainable innovation represents a relevant topic that must be encouraged.
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