<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article presents new concepts and practical approaches resulting from the piloting of CASI-F - a common framework for the assessment and management of sustainable innovation (SI). Based on lessons learned from action research carried out in the context of the EU funded CASI project, the article focuses on the meta-analysis of 46 action roadmaps produced with 43 innovators supporting the practical application of CASI-F. The applied methodology helped to demonstrate that a multi-level and multi-actor advice approach promotes a shift towards improved understanding of innovations-related critical issues (barriers, drivers, opportunities and threats) and stakeholders’ relations, as well as their management, thus promoting the sustainable resilience and transformation of socio-technical systems. This paper first reflects on how we arrived to managerial lessons from the actions roadmaps and how could these lessons be used to assess the current state of affairs and potential way forward for European initiatives and instruments promoting sustainable innovation.</p></abstract>

This article presents new concepts and practical approaches resulting from the piloting of CASI-F - a common framework for the assessment and management of sustainable innovation (SI). Based on lessons learned from action research carried out in the context of the EU funded CASI project, the article focuses on the meta-analysis of 46 action roadmaps produced with 43 innovators supporting the practical application of CASI-F. The applied methodology helped to demonstrate that a multi-level and multi-actor advice approach promotes a shift towards improved understanding of innovations-related critical issues (barriers, drivers, opportunities and threats) and stakeholders’ relations, as well as their management, thus promoting the sustainable resilience and transformation of socio-technical systems. This paper first reflects on how we arrived to managerial lessons from the actions roadmaps and how could these lessons be used to assess the current state of affairs and potential way forward for European initiatives and instruments promoting sustainable innovation.

Towards a more responsible sustainable innovation assessment and management culture in Europe

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This article presents new concepts and practical approaches resulting from the piloting of CASI-F - a common framework for the assessment and management of...

Towards a more responsible sustainable innovation assessment and management culture in Europe

Published Online: Jan 23, 2018

Page range: 7 - 20

Received: Jun 30, 2017

Accepted: Dec 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/emj-2017-0027

Keywords
sustainable innovation, management, resilience, action roadmaps

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Towards a more responsible sustainable innovation assessment and management culture in Europe

Published Online: Jan 23, 2018

Page range: 7 - 20

Received: Jun 30, 2017

Accepted: Dec 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/emj-2017-0027

Keywordssustainable innovation, management, resilience, action roadmaps

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
sustainable innovation, management, resilience, action roadmaps