MENTAL MODELS AND DIFFUSION AND ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS
The mental model of an individual is critical to adoption of an innovative strategy that contributes to sustainability. Adoption describes the acceptance of a new product, idea or technology according …
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Innovation and sustainability go hand in hand. Innovations and the development of new technology provide a way for humans to improve their lives (social progress) through better, smarter ways of …
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODS APPLIED TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
The built environment and urban systems are a complex interaction between human activity (economy), human well-being (social), and the natural systems (air, land, water) with each other and with the …
SUSTAINBILITY THEORY AND CONCEPTS
Sustainability, as defined by The Brundtland Commission, strives to achieve the following: (1) maintenance of economic well-being, (2) social progress, and (3) environmental protection for the present and future generation …
OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
While there are varying definitions of sustainability from different sectors of industry, what is important is that it strives for protection of the environment, prudent use of natural resources, equitable …
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations for Sustainability
Helen E. Muga University of Mount Union, USA Ken D. Thomas Auburn University, USA ABTRACT The primary focus of this chapter is on the theory and concepts of sustainability and …
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Carbon Neutral Growth: Airlines are the first global industry, which committed their growth without increase the carbon emission from 2020. IATA 4 Pillars Strategies: The International Air Transport Association (IATA), …
CONCLUSION
Only 1% ofthe world population has flown yet, but rapid growth of airline traffic, especially in Asia is expected in the near future (Upham, 2003). Air transportation interacts with current …
FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
In previous sections, we have seen that there are various projects of aviation sustainability and we have analyzed the perspectives of these projects. While we found growing networks, we recognized …
A Forked Expectation
Governments and other non-profit organizations expect suppression of greenhouse gas effects in the aviation sector for innovations presented in the previous section. On the other hand, in actuality, the expectation …
Active Networks
Table 2 shows some examples of active networks found among agents in the aviation projects for sustainability. A close relationship among agents has supported a number of innovations since the …
PERSPECTIVES ON AVIATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
In this section, we are going to investigate, on the basis of SNM findings, whether current aviation sector’s activities toward sustainability can be implemented successfully. According to the findings from …
Technical Development Directions
Through observation of the current sector’s movement toward sustainable aviation, we found that various levels of innovative ideas have been proposed and developed. There are two main directions: One direction …
VISIONS AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTIONS OF THE AVIATION SECTOR
In this section, visions shared widely among the aviation sector and directions oftechnology development are discussed on the basis of the experts’ talks gathered from four international meetings for aviation …
Aviation for Sustainability
The impact of air transport on the atmosphere and the climate was estimated as 3.5%~4.9% of current anthropogenic radioactive forcing (Lee, 2009) with a high uncertainty due to emission at …
BACKGROUND Research into Innovation and Sustainable Development
Recent social science research into innovation and sustainable development can be classified into two groups: cleaner technology and systems innovation (Smith, 2006). The latter is important since cleaner technologies are …
Innovation for Sustainability in Aviation: World Challenges and Visions
Hiroko Nakamura The University of Tokyo, Japan Yuya Kajikawa The University of Tokyo, Japan Shinji Suzuki The University of Tokyo, Japan ABSTRACT In this chapter, the shared visions and the …
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Case Study: A case study is a research strategy which focuses on understanding the dynamics present within single settings (Eisenhardt, 1989). Corporate Sustainability: Corporate Sustainability can be defined as meeting …
Success Factors for the Introduction of PSS
General barriers and design features for the introduction ofPSS are discussed in literature (Baines et al., 2007, Manzini & Velozzi, 2002). For instance, the need of incorporating a multi-stakeholder approach …
The Role of SOIs for the Development of PSS
Pawar et al. (2009) highlighted the importance of simultaneously designing the product, service, and organization in order to successfully establish a PSS. Our case study underlines this finding by illustrating …
PSS as Enabler for SOIs
This case study emphasizes another profound effect of PSS, which is unveiled in our findings: PSS can function as economic enabler for SOIs - and more generally, for product innovations …
PSS and its Effects on Sustainability
The effects of PSS on sustainability have been generally discussed elsewhere with regard to developed countries (e. g. Mont, 2004). We could identify those effects within this case study again …
DISCUSSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
The case study exemplifies the multi-dimensionality of SOIs and demonstrates the importance of structuring sustainability effects along the target and life-cycle dimensions of SOIs. Furthermore, our findings lead to several …
Off-Grid Lighting as a Product-Service System
In 2004, the Global Nature Fund and a local Kenyan NGO started to work on an alternative to kerosene lamps. Together with OSRAM, a leading manufacturer of lighting solutions, and …
Company Background
Osram GmbH was established in 1906 and is a fully-owned subsidiary of SiemensAG. Today, Osram is one ofthe two leading lighting manufacturer worldwide, being active in numerous markets, e. g. …
Background to Off-Grid Lighting
Lighting is of fundamental value for human beings and greatly influences everyday life. For instance, lighting substantially impacts on security issues, production (lighting can considerably prolong working hours), education (lighting …
CASE STUDY: OFF-GRID LIGHTING Research Method
In order to gain a better understanding of the relation between SOI and PSS, we subsequently analyze specific sustainability effects within a case study research strategy. We conducted a single …
From Products to Product-Service Systems (PSS)
Innovations are commonly classified into the categories of product, process, organizational, or market innovations (Hausschildt & Salomo, 2007) . The current chapter focuses on product innovations, and thus on new …
Life-Cycle Assessment and SOI
The life cycle dimension refers to the physical life cycle of a product from resources extraction to end-of-life treatment. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) has become a major research field in literature …
Product-Service Systems as Enabler for Sustainability — Oriented Innovation: The Case of Osram’s Off-Grid Lighting
Friedrich Grosse-Dunker Dark Horse GmbH, Germany Erik G. Hansen Leupana University Luneburg, Germany ABSTRACT Corporations increasingly subscribe to the principles of corporate sustainability, which is generally described as the integration …
KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Business Environment: The business environment includes the external forces impinging upon the corporation. It includes the social, economic, political, technological, environmental, and market forces. It also includes the external dimensions …
CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Rapid changes in the business world over the last two decades have made most of the prevailing management constructs obsolete. In a global business environment of limited time and scarce …
The Mechanism: Strategic Innovations
The transformation to highly levels of achievement is predicated on strategic innovations. Strategic innovations are radical changes to the corporation, its business units, the extended enterprise, the organization, the leadership, …
The Means: Sustainability and Sustainable Development
Sustainability is the overarching constructs that includes the philosophical perspectives, theoretical constructs and practical approaches for leading change in global corporations and managing their businesses, enterprises, and organizations. The intellectual …
The Model: Sustainability in the Context of Globalization and Strategic Innovation
Sustainability and SD fit well in the context of globalization. They are essential for true globalization. However, sustainability is a preeminent management construct in its own right with or without …
