Toward green innovation ecosystems: past research on green innovation and future opportunities from an ecosystem perspective

Autor: Xinyi Fan, SHAN Xueshu, Steven Day, Yongyi Shou
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Industrial Management & Data Systems. 122:2012-2044
ISSN: 0263-5577
DOI: 10.1108/imds-12-2021-0798
Popis: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to synthesize the extant literature on green innovation (GI), and more importantly, to provide future directions for GI research from the innovation ecosystem (IE) perspective.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review is conducted to summarize the status of current GI research, followed by content analysis to identify connectivity and crossovers between key concepts in the bodies of GI and IE literature. Then, the authors propose a green innovation ecosystem (GIE) framework and offer recommendations for future research on GI.FindingsIt is evident that the bodies of GI and IE literature overlap on the roles of external actors, and yet, there is scant research investigating GI activities from the IE perspective. Moreover, there are multiple directions worthy of future research applying the proposed GIE framework.Originality/valueThough the concept of ecosystem has become pervasive in innovation management research, this study is one of the first works to introduce IE concepts and propositions in the GI research context. This paper provides new knowledge on GIEs and sets the basis for further investigation.
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