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Making sense of how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges

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  • Allan Dahl Andersen
  • Olav Wicken

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As the world moves towards the Anthropocene, it becomes increasingly important to understand how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges. We suggest that studying innovation in natural resource based industries yields important insights. Despite the importance of innovation in and transformation of natural resource based industries for development and sustainability, the issue has received limited scholarly attention. To advance our thinking about innovation in these industries, we explore and elaborate on the notion of ‘natural resource knowledge idiosyncrasy’ which describes how heterogeneity of natural environments often generates a need for unique innovations that require development and application of in situ knowledge. We draw on theories of knowledge stickiness and user-driven innovation to conceptualize natural resource knowledge idiosyncrasy. We qualify and elaborate that conceptualization through a review of case studies. On that basis we discuss implications for innovation policy, sustainability challenges, and further research.

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  • Allan Dahl Andersen & Olav Wicken, 2021. "Making sense of how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges," Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 91-117, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:riadxx:v:11:y:2021:i:1:p:91-117
    DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2020.1770975
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    1. Plummer, Paul & Andersson, Johnn & Lennerfors, Thomas Taro, 2024. "Foraging for development: An analysis of the Swedish wild berry innovation system," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 216(C).
    2. Gong, Huiwen & Andersen, Allan Dahl, 2024. "The role of material resources for rapid technology diffusion in net-zero transitions: Insights from EV lithium-ion battery Technological Innovation System in China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).
    3. Nogueira, Leticia & Wigger, Karin & Jolly, Suyash, 2021. "Common‐pool Resources and Governance in Sustainability Transitions," MPRA Paper 111721, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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