- ASA 2021 Statistics and Information Systems for Policy Evaluation
- Edited by Bruno Bertaccini, Luigi Fabbris, Alessandra Petrucci
Innovation and sustainability: the Italian scenario
- Rosanna Cataldo
- Maria Gabriella Grassia
- Paolo Mazzocchi
- Claudio Quintano
- Antonella Rocca
- © 2021 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8.15
Society and policy makers demand innovation systems oriented towards several goals of sustainable development. Therefore, recent literature has dedicated a growing interest to both innovation and sustainability in the pursuit of environmental, economic and social development; in addition, the emerging topic of ‘sustainable innovation’ (and ‘eco-innovation’) seems to combine the main features of them. The definition of these concepts has been significantly changed during the last decades, and a broad discussion continues today about which indicators should be used to measure innovation, sustainability and their combination. The current paper investigates this relationship, and - in the authors’ opinion - the research question connected to the impact of the innovative product (and service and process) solutions on sustainability can be addressed by means of a stable theoretical framework. To study the interaction between innovation and sustainability, the usage of specific territorial features might represent a useful perspective to manage short-and long-term environmental and economic issues. As for the theoretical model, the present article considers a specific technique suitable for investigating the entire set of characteristics involved in the model. From a public makers and managerial point of view, the possibility of improving the firm’ efficiencies in terms of several dimensions of sustainable innovation represents a relevant topic that must be encouraged.
- Keywords:
- Sustainability,
- Innovation,
- Composite Indicators,
University of Naples Federico II, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6324-8252
University of Naples Federico II, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7128-7323
University of Naples Parthenope, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6632-314X
University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-8315-8476
University of Naples Parthenope, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-8171-3149
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Chapter Title
Innovation and sustainability: the Italian scenario
Authors
Rosanna Cataldo, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Paolo Mazzocchi, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8.15
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2021
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ASA 2021 Statistics and Information Systems for Policy Evaluation
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Book of short papers of the opening conference
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Bruno Bertaccini, Luigi Fabbris, Alessandra Petrucci
Peer Reviewed
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2021
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8
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