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Green innovation in technology and innovation management – an exploratory literature review[Note 5. This paper is based on a paper presented by ...]
Author(s) -
Schiederig Tim,
Tietze Frank,
Herstatt Cornelius
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00672.x
Subject(s) - situated , dimension (graph theory) , green innovation , innovation management , field (mathematics) , subject (documents) , ranking (information retrieval) , knowledge management , business , sociology , marketing , computer science , industrial organization , mathematics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , library science , pure mathematics
The importance of green innovation management is growing both in practice and in academia. This paper provides a current overview of the existing body of literature in the field of green innovations, identifying the most active scholars, institutions and relevant publications. It also contributes to a clarification of the concept ‘green innovation’. The review explains that three different notions of green, eco/ecological and environmental innovation are used largely synonymously, while the notion of sustainable innovation broadens the concept and includes a social dimension. According to this review, the most active scholars are situated in E urope (especially the N etherlands, I taly and G ermany). A ranking is provided of innovation management journals by their total number of green innovation publications. The paper stimulates discussion about the adequacy of research in this subject area (managing green innovation) and the dearth of comprehensive literature reviews.