Sorry for being late in my contribution to the discussion on sustainable innovation initiated by Stephanie Bertels a few weeks ago. Two points:
1) Scholars in sustainable innovation might be interested in reading the brand new Edward Elgar book "Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship", which I have co-edited with Jost Hamschmidt, Sanjay Sharma and Mark Starik - see the short description that I have pasted below, also available online at http://www.e-elgar-business.com/Bookentry_main.lasso?id=12555
2) Attached are two outlines of courses that I am teaching around sustainable innovation (with a focus on climate change and energy-related innovation) here at the University of St. Gallen and within the CEMS-MIM programme.
Best regards from Switzerland
Rolf
(See attached file: Draft_CEMS_Seminar_Outline_2008.pdf)(See attached file: 7,066,1.00_Sustainability_Innovation_HS2007_d_v2.doc)
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Rolf Wüstenhagen, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of St. Gallen
Vice Director, Institute for Economy and the Environment (IWÖ-HSG)
Tigerbergstrasse 2
CH-9000 St. Gallen
Switzerland
http://www.iwoe.unisg.ch
http://www.iwoe.unisg.ch/wuestenhagen
mailto:rolf.wuestenhagen@unisg.ch
Tel. +41-71-224 25 87
Fax +41-71-224 27 22
Mobile +41-76-306 43 13
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SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
edited by Rolf Wüstenhagen, Jost Hamschmidt, Sanjay Sharma, and Mark Starik.
NEW PERSPECTIVES IN RESEARCH ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY series
Edward Elgar Publishing
Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA, USA
ISBN 978 1 84720 037 2
http://www.e-elgar-business.com/Bookentry_main.lasso?id=12555
In recent years our understanding of corporate sustainability has moved
from exploitation to exploration, from corporate environmental
management to sustainable entrepreneurship, and from efficiency to
innovation. Yet current trends indicate the need for radical innovation via
entrepreneurial start-ups or new ventures within existing corporations
despite difficulties with the financing and marketing of such efforts.
Presenting both conceptual and empirical research, this fascinating book
addresses how we can combine environmental and social sustainability
with economic sustainability in order to produce innovative new business
models.
The international cast of contributors addresses the wide range of issues in
the balance between growth and environmental concerns. The first five
chapters discuss various aspects of sustainable entrepreneurship. This is
followed by two chapters that look at innovation within existing firms.
Innovation is not successful until it finds a customer, so the two chapters
that follow delve into the marketing aspects of business-to-consumer and
business-to-business settings. The book closes with a broad discussion of
the evolution and future of the research agenda into the intersection of
sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Academics, students, business professionals and NGOs will find this
volume enlightening and useful.
About the editors:
Rolf Wüstenhagen is Assistant Professor for Energy and Sustainability
Management and Vice-Director in the Institute for Economy and the
Environment at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, Jost Hamschmidt
is Managing Director of the Oikos Foundation for Economy and Ecology
and Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. Sanjay
Sharma is Dean of the John Molson School of Business at Concordia
University, Canada and Mark Starik is Department Chair and Professor of
Strategic Management and Public Policy, in the School of Business and
Director of the Institute for Corporate Responsibility, at the George
Washington University, USA.
with contributions from:
Stefan Schaltegger, University of Lüneburg, Germany
Marcus Wagner, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Annekathrin Ellersiek, Tilburg University, Netherlands
George I. Kassinis and Andreas C. Soteriou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Martine Spence, University of Ottawa, Canada,
Jouhaina Ben Boubaker Gherib, University of Manouba, Tunisia,
Viviane Ondoua Biwolé, Université de Yaoundé II, Cameroon
Joaquin Cañón-de-Francia, Concepción Garcés-Ayerbe, Marisa Ramirez-Alesón, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Minna Halme, Markku Anttonen, and Mika Kuisma, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Inmaculada Martin-Tapia, Juan Alberto Aragon-Correa, Rocio Llamas-Sanchez, University of Granada, Spain
Nicola Dee, Simon Ford and Elizabeth Garnsey, University of Cambridge, UK
Mary Jean Bürer and Rolf Wüstenhagen, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Luca Berchicci, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kerstin Pichel, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur
Jost Hamschmidt, University of St Gallen, Switzerland
Sanjay Sharma, Concordia University, Canada
Mark Starik, The George Washington University, US
Robert Wuebker, RPI, US