Open Innovation in Green Products and Performance Research
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Products and Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 22 March 2025 | Viewed by 169
Special Issue Editors
Interests: CSR; society 5.0; open data in innovation; management; sustainability
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sustainable development; relationship between social media and sustainability; social media and green behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in a Special Issue on open innovation in green products and performance research. The need for more sustainable development is an area that creates opportunities for scientists and business practitioners who strive to provide a competitive advantage through researching and implementing green innovations. It is also necessary to consider the participation of various stakeholder groups who can support sustainable development through their actions and involvement in open innovation and green products. These innovations are related to the concept of a circular economy, in particular with eco-design, activities for material and energy efficiency, extending product life cycle, and waste management.
This Special Issue aims to explore and advance knowledge and practical applications of open innovation in the development and performance of green products to achieve sustainable development.
For submission to this Special Issue, original research articles (analytical, empirical, and conceptual) and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Case studies on the business implementation of green products and innovations supporting the circular economy;
- Research on the social acceptance of the transformation to a circular economy;
- Research on the social acceptance of green products;
- Research related to the application and promotion of environmentally and socially responsible practices and behaviors in organizations;
- Research related to the development of new competences and behaviors for open innovation and eco-products;
- Barriers and enablers to open innovation in a circular economy for eco-products;
- Research related to the participation of various stakeholder groups in promoting activities for the circular economy and sustainable development;
- Research on universities’ activities in the field of open innovation supporting the circular economy and sustainable development.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Iwona Zdonek
Dr. Beata Hysa
Dr. Marzena Podgórska
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- open innovations
- green products
- circular economy
- sustainable development
- stakeholders’ engagement
- sustainable behaviors
- higher education activities in open innovations
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