Eco-Innovation and the Development of Business Models: Lessons from Experience and New Frontiers in Theory and Practice

Book Overview

Developments and directions of eco-innovation.- Part I Models and frameworks supporting eco-innovation.- Managing cross-industry innovations: a search strategy for radical eco-innovations.- How to make eco-innovation a competitive strategy: a perspective on the knowledge-based development.- A framework for developing, evaluating and assessing eco-innovations.- Radical and Systematic Eco-Innovation with TRIZ Methodology.- Part II Application: surveys and case studies on eco-innovation deployment.- Eco-Innovation on Manufacturing Industry: The role of sustainability on innovation processes.- Portraying the Eco-Innovative Landscape in Brazil: determinants, processes and results.- Contextual Factors as Drivers of Eco-innovation Strategies: The Definition of an Organizational Taxonomy in the Brazilian Cellulose, Paper and Paper Products Industry.- Conceptualising industry efforts to eco-innovate among large Swedish companies.- Integrated environmental management tools for product and organizations in clusters.- Towards joint product-service business models: The case of Your Energy Solution.- Business model innovation for eco-innovation: developing a boundary-spanning business model of an ecosystem integrator.- Part III future directions: eco-innovation initiatives.- A new methodology for eco-friendly construction: utilizing quality function deployment to meet LEED requirements.- Light weight small island ferries in Scandinavia - a case of radical eco-innovation.- BioTRIZ: a win-win methodology for eco-innovation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319050761
• ISBN13: 9783319050768
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"