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Sustainable Innovation Types: A Bibliometric Review

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  • THOMAS DEGLER

    (Chair of Technology Management, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dr.-Mack-Str. 81, 90762 Fuerth, Germany)

  • NIVEDITA AGARWAL

    (Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • PETRA A. NYLUND

    (Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • ALEXANDER BREM

    (Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany3The Mads Clausen Institute, University Of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark)

Abstract

The synonymic use of sustainable innovation types obstructs the impact of increasingly disperse research on sustainable innovation, environmental innovation, eco-innovation, and green innovation. To identify the meaning and contributions of each innovation type over time, we apply co-word analysis as a bibliometric technique to 1,985 papers, analysing the evolution of motor, emergent and basic themes for each type. For environmental innovation, the focus has shifted from environmental regulations and policies to patents and inventions with an environmental impact, while in sustainable innovations the societal impact of technology adoption has become a driver. Green innovation increasingly concerns environmental technology and its management, whereas eco-innovation studies aspects related to efficiency and decision making. Clear distinctions among sustainable innovation types will increase the impact of this expanding body of research and make it more available to managers and policymakers.

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  • Thomas Degler & Nivedita Agarwal & Petra A. Nylund & Alexander Brem, 2021. "Sustainable Innovation Types: A Bibliometric Review," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 25(09), pages 1-34, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:25:y:2021:i:09:n:s1363919621500961
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919621500961
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    Keywords

    Sustainable innovation; environmental innovation; eco-innovation; green innovation; bibliometric review;
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    JEL classification:

    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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