Management Of Innovations And Sustainability

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Contents

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Management of Innovation Sustainability: An Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Defining Innovation

1.3 Approaches to Innovation

1.4 Differences between Invention and Innovation

1.5 Product Innovation and Process

1.6 Technological Innovation, Commercial or Organisational Innovation

1.7 Indicators Characteristics of Innovation in Different Sectors

1.8 Sustainable Innovation

1.9 Defining Sustainability Innovation

1.10 Sustainability as Key Driver of Innovation

1.11 Innovation for Sustainable Development

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Managing Innovation with Firms & Strategies and Concepts for Innovation

2.1 Organisation and Innovation

2.2 The dilemma of Innovation Management

2.3 Organisational Characteristics that Facilitate the Innovation Process

2.4 Organisation Structure and Innovation

2.5 The Role of Individual in the Innovation Process

2.6 IT System and Their Impact on Innovations

2.7 The Innovation Imperative: Why Innovate

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Service Innovation and Sustainability Innovation in Business

3.1 The Growth in Service

3.2 Different Types of Services

3.3 Characteristics of service and how they Differ from Product

3.4 Classification of Service Innovation

3.5 Service Innovation and the Consumer

3.6 Energy and Materials: New Challenges in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century

3.7 Defining Sustainability Innovation

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Management of Sustainable Development

4.1 Economic aspects of Sustainable Development

4.2Socio-Political Aspects of Sustainable Development

4.3 Ecologic Aspects of Sustainable Development

4.4 Green Organisations