Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration A Multi-St
"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 practition
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Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration Joseph Sarkis · James J. Cordeiro · Diego Vazquez Brust Editors
A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
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Editors Joseph Sarkis Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610-1477 USA [email protected]
James J. Cordeiro The College at Brockport State University of New York (SUNY) 350 New Campus Drive Brockport, NY 14420-2914 USA [email protected]
Diego Vazquez Brust The ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) Cardiff University 55, Park Place Cardiff Wales CF10 3AT United Kingdom [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-3158-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3159-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3159-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010922294 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover image: Cover image taken and reworked by Gary Oldknow (http://www.deepvisual.com/). The cave wall painting symbolizes “layers of meaning. . .tradition was innovation”. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
1 Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration . . . . Joseph Sarkis, James J. Cordeiro, and Diego Alfonso Vazquez Brust
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2 Sustainability Considerations and Triple-Helix Collaboration in Regional Innovation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . Reine Karlsson, Mikael Backman, and AnnaKarin Djupenström
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3 Partnerships and Sustainable Regional Innovation Systems: Special Roles for Universities? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin Lehmann, Per Christensen, and Björn Johnson
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4 Obstacles to and Facilitators of the Implementation of Small Urban Wind Turbines in the Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . Linda M. Kamp
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5 Regional Sustainability, Innovation and Welfare Through an Adaptive Process Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kjell-Erik Bugge, Bill O’Gorman, Ian Hill, and FriederikeWelter
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6 FOCISS for an Effective Sustainable Innovation Strategy . . . . . Jan Venselaar
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7 The Emergence of Sustainable Innovations: Key Factors and Regional Support Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter S. Hofman and Theo de Bruijn
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8 Disruption or Sustenance? An Institutional Analysis of the Sustainable Business Network in West Michigan . . . . . . . . Deborah M. Steketee
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9 Regional Perspectives on Capacity Building for Ecodesign – Insights from Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon O’Rafferty and Frank O’Connor
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10 Fostering Responsible Tourism Business Practices Through Collaborative Capacity-Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Simmons, Robyn
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