Knowledge, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Organizations

✍ Scribed by Marta Peris-Ortiz, João J. Ferreira, Jose M. Merigó Lindahl

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 263
• Series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume explores the ways in which knowledge and innovation impact business and economic sustainability, offering a wide-ranging and richly illustrated study of knowledge, innovation and sustainability of organizations from a dynamic capabilities perspective.

In organizational theory, dynamic capability is defined as an organization’s ability to react and adapt adequately and rapidly to external change. In today’s global economy, pursuing sustainable strategies and practices is critical to organizational success. Complying with externally and internally imposed sustainability targets might initially appear as a restriction for organizations; however, they can be transformed into a new set of opportunities. This means that the classic ways in which management absorbs the experiences associated with evolving conditions, organizational frameworks and markets must be reconsidered in light of the preservation of the technological, environmental and social ecosystems.

Featuring research and case studies from sectors such as NGOs, SMEs, education and agriculture, this book offers students, academics, practitioners and policymakers a multi-faceted understanding of how and why knowledge, innovation and sustainability are intricately linked—and offers insight into best practices that balance organizational and societal needs.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Knowledge, Innovation, and Sustainable Development in Organizations: A Dynamic Capability Perspective: An Overview (Marta Peris-Ortiz, João J. Ferreira, Jose M. Merigó Lindahl)....Pages 1-10
Knowledge, Innovation and Sustainability: Past Literature and Future Trends (Cristina Fernandes, João J. Ferreira, Pedro M. Veiga, Marta Peris-Ortiz)....Pages 11-22
Project Management Office in the Nongovernmental Organization as a Driver of Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach (Adonai J. Lacruz, Everton A. Cunha, Ralf L. de Moura, Marcos P. V. de Oliveira)....Pages 23-37
Sustainable Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Disadvantaged Regions: Impact of Knowledge and Innovation (Mário Franco, Heiko Haase)....Pages 39-59
Applied Innovation Methodology: A Proposal for a Dynamic Sustainable Environment for the Generation of Innovation and Knowledge Management Practices in SMEs (Jordi Mauri-Castello, Antonio Alonso-Gonzalez, Marta Peris-Ortiz)....Pages 61-76
Following the Footprints of SME Competitiveness in a High-Technology Sector (Luís Farinha, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen)....Pages 77-95
The Integration of the Supply Chain as a Dynamic Capability for Sustainability: The Case of an Innovative Organic Company (Maria D. Moreno-Luzon, Juan P. Escorcia-Caballero, Odette Chams-Anturi)....Pages 97-111
Personal Branding as a Knowledge Management Tool to Enhance Innovation and Sustainable Development in Organizations (Antonio Alonso-Gonzalez, Marta Peris-Ortiz, Jose J. Cao-Alvira)....Pages 113-129
Expatriation Knowledge Management: The Role of Openness to Change and Work Engagement (Silveli Cristo-Andrade, Bruno Felix, Emerson Wagner Mainardes)....Pages 131-144
The Entrepreneurial University Stimulating Innovation Through Campus Development: The MIT Case (Flavia T. J. Curvelo Magdaniel)....Pages 145-163
Increasing the Economic Sustainability of the Company JSC “Novoazovskoe” (Victoria Kopeikina, Paula Odete Fernandes, Olga Kosenchuk)....Pages 165-191
Innovation Management in Portuguese and Russian Agricultural Companies (Mikhail Kopeykin, Sofia Cardim, Vitaly Aleshchenko, Frederico Branco)....Pages 193-229
Sustainability and Innovation in the Value Chain: An Analysis of a Case Study (Ronnie J-Figueiredo, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas, Bouchaib Bahli)....Pages 231-249
Back Matter ....Pages 251-261

✦ Subjects

Business and Management; Knowledge Management; Innovation/Technology Management; Sustainability Management; Small Business