Title: The strategic management of sustainable innovation and its relation to business models and corporate performance

Authors: Jordana Marques Kneipp; Clandia Maffini Gomes; Carlos Maria Fernandez Jardón; Roberto Schoproni Bichueti; Kamila Frizzo

Addresses: Department of Administrative Sciences, Santa Maria Federal University, Av. Roraima, 1000, Prédio 74 C, Sala 4204, Cidade Universitária, Santa Maria – RS, 97105-900, Brazil ' Department of Administrative Sciences, Santa Maria Federal University, Av. Roraima, 1000, Prédio 74 C, Sala 4210, Santa Maria – RS, 97105-900, Brazil ' Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, Vigo University, As Lagoas, Marcosende University Campus, Vigo, 36310, Spain; National Research University Higher School of Economics, Perm 614070, Russia ' Department of Administrative Sciences, Santa Maria Federal University, Av. Roraima, 1000, Prédio 74 C, Sala 4308, Santa Maria – RS, 97105-900, Brazil ' Santa Maria Federal University, Av. Roraima, 1000, Prédio 74 C, Sala 4210, Santa Maria – RS, 97105-900, Brazil

Abstract: The present study aims to analyse the relationship between the strategic management of sustainable innovation, business models, and business performance of manufacturing companies. The study is characterised as quantitative and consisted of a survey with 51 Brazilian industrial companies. Results showed that strategic management for sustainable innovation is associated with the business model and corporate performance, whereas positive associations between dependent and independent variable dimensions were found. Differences were found between adopting a management approach for sustainable innovation, innovation degree of the business model, and corporate performance, considering that there were significant differences in the means difference test and logistic regression analysis. Thus, it was possible to confirm the guiding hypotheses of this study.

Keywords: strategic management; sustainable innovation; business model; corporate performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2020.110499

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2020 Vol.14 No.4, pp.397 - 423

Accepted: 01 Mar 2019
Published online: 22 Oct 2020 *

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