This paper focuses on the perspective of commercialising innovation in the quest to create sustainable value. Against a background of a growing societal awareness of global sustainability challenges, which both threaten mankind’s prospects for long-term survival while simultaneously presenting...

This paper synthesizes five determinants of innovation and productivity of a nation. They are namely: (1) human resources and their characteristics, (2) natural and physical resources and their characteristics, (3) systems and strategies and their characteristics, (4) interactions and...

This paper examines the effect of environmental innovation on employment level, using an industry-level panel dataset for the 2001-2010 period in China. Empirical results show that environmental process innovation has a positive effect on employment, but with a time lag. Furthermore, the...

This study outlines a systemic review of the social and economic transformations that have been inducing the business to reconsider its traditional strategies and innovate to become sustainable. In doing so, the study adopts an original approach, focusing on the evolution in the socio-economic...

The shared goal of social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and social innovation is the advancement of society. The business model of social enterprises is characterized by unique strategies based on the competencies of the entrepreneurs, and is not aimed primarily at the...

Objective – In this article, the CSR is discussed as a means of building innovation for achieving organizational performance.Methodology/Technique – The Maqasid model will be used in this paper as a dimension of Islamic banking in addition to employee performance. The literature review used...

Technological innovations are the driving force of the technological progress. They must be multiplied and accelerated so that people could live, the humanity be preserved, to survive in a world full of threats, to develop people, to improve the standards of living and to satisfy ever growing...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the level of eco-innovations in the European Union countries. For this purpose, a new method of multi-criteria analysis were used, i.e. PROTERRA method, which was developed by the authors of this article. Analysis concerns a data from the year...

The role of values and changing values in innovation is not yet well understood. The case of the Tata Nano allows elaborating upon the potentials and risks of values-based innovation through a longitudinal analysis of three stages process: 1) Development guided by the top management vision of...