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Are we doing enough? A blog about education and sustainability

Norbert Bol

In the previous Strategy Blog the importance of education was discussed and I added a poll with the question: “Do you think decision makers educate themselves enough about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship?” ” The majority of the voters indicated that decision makers do not educate themselves enough.

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Where sustainability and innovation meet profitability

Norbert Bol

2016) is focussed specifically on family farming in the South East of Spain and the study has its limitations, the findings can help us to be more successful in sustainability-oriented innovations that are profitable. When it comes to entrepreneurship, it is primarily about chossing direction and solving problems. Have a great week!

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Where sustainability and innovation meet profitability

Norbert Bol

2016) is focussed specifically on family farming in the South East of Spain and the study has its limitations, the findings can help us to be more successful in sustainability-oriented innovations that are profitable. When it comes to entrepreneurship, it is primarily about chossing direction and solving problems. Ronda, Spain.

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Creative destruction: innovation for sustainability transition

Norbert Bol

In the february 2016 edition of Research Policy, Kivimaa & Kern (2016) propose that sustainability transitions can best be achieved if governments stimulate sustainabilty through innovation and at the same time withdraw the support for old behaviour when it has a negative climate impact. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Why we need to understand innovation speed?

Norbert Bol

In the February 2016 edition of the Journal of Business Research, Shan et al. 2016) also find in their research that higher innovation speed leads to superior performance. Entrepreneurship that is needed to increase innovation speed is more about passion, resourcefulness and willingness to improvise and learn. Norbert Bol.

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The future of sustainability

Norbert Bol

This is a more ethical appraoch towards sustainability but also to finance and entrepreneurship, where every investor should prioritize an extra-financial stake based on their own criteria in addition to the financial stake. Norbert Bol. Literature. Filis, G., & Mitrokostas, E. Economic Modelling , 52 , 400-407. Revelli, C.

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Typology for Innovative Organizations

Open Innovation EU

It follows up on trends in education to break the shift towards a more entrepreneurial environment into a model of multisided value creation (Manshanden et al, 2014; Zwaan, 2016). Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(3), 616–635. Strategic Organization, 14(3), 181–219. Strategic Management Journal, 13(S1), 93–109.