Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

This addiction can be seen in many policy decisions from governments and companies. The World Economic Forum’s chief economist Jennifer Blanke wrote in 2016 “GDP is a partial, short-term measure, whereas the world needs more wide-ranging and responsible instruments to inform the way we build the economies of the future.”

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

trillion, sent a letter to the chief executives at S&P 500 companies and large European corporations to bring an end to a culture of short-termism and to focus on long term value creation. The Challenge of Introducing Sustainability into Project Management Function: Multiple-Case Studies. Norbert Bol. Literature. Martens, M.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In the coming November issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production there is an interesting article about how sustainability reports drive change (Higgins & Coffrey, 2016). You can download the report here. Norbert Bol. Literature. Higgins, C., & Coffey, B. Journal of Cleaner Production. Photo credit : The Boston Phoenix.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 17, 2016

For ethical business leaders and managers it is important to guide the company in the right direction by fostering an innovative-sustainability-based attitude. Companies with an innovative culture have a stronger relationship between ethical leadership and creatitivity. Norbert Bol. Literature. Y., & Hou, Y. Michel, J.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Innovation in our modern business world is becoming more and more a process where new knowledge is created through the joint efforts of people from different companies working together. Research shows that companies using so called interorganizational collaboration or co-creation in their innovation process excel in firm innovativeness.

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Innovation Collaboration Innovation Processes Creativity 40

Norbert Bol

APRIL 10, 2016

Idea crowdsourcing is the act when a company outsources the generation of new ideas (e.g. In the July 2016 issue of Research Policy there is an interesting article (Schemmann et al., 2016) that focuses on the characteristics that determine whether an idea is going to be implemented by the crowdsourcing company.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Successful implementation factors that need to be well aligned with the sustainability strategy are: organizational structure, organizational culture, leadership, management control and employee motivation and qualifications. Norbert Bol. Literature. Engert, S., & Baumgartner, R. Journal of Cleaner Production.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 31, 2019

According to Apple’s Green Bond Report, Apple invested USD 1.657 billion (2016-2017) in clean technologies (CleanTech). M anufacturing companies in the supply chain are often the largest contributors to environmental pollution including carbon- and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 6, 2015

In the February 2016 edition of Research Policy, there is an interesting article by Lee & Walsh who studied non-R&D innovation. As many companies do not have formal R&D in-house, I believe it is important to understand how non-R&D innovations can take place under which circumstances. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 17, 2016

Last week Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc, presented his 10 year plan for the company. To answer this question, I will use the upcoming article in June 2016 in the International Journal of Information Management about information management for innovation networks. Norbert Bol.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 6, 2016

Through the internet and the social media, secondary stakeholders are increasing their influence on companies. Besides the official communications of companies there is an increasing user content and opinions showing up in your results as well. Managing the increasing number of stakeholders, is of course a challenge for companies.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 3, 2016

Thinking about the new year I am wondering what the future of sustainability looks like, since almost all countries in the world have agreed in Paris in December to become more sustainable, companies have a sustainability policy and socially responsible investing has become mainstream in the financial markets. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 31, 2019

According to Apple’s Green Bond Report, Apple invested USD 1.657 billion (2016-2017) in clean technologies (CleanTech). M anufacturing companies in the supply chain are often the largest contributors to environmental pollution including carbon- and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Technology Report Competition Project 40

Norbert Bol

MARCH 13, 2016

Sustainability has become an important business principle for companies, governments and communities. To communicate about sustainability or other business issues effectively it is common practice to make use of market segmentation techniques. Norbert Bol. Literature. Poortinga, W., & Darnton, A. Journal of Environmental Psychology.

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