Handbook of Grand Challenges in Global Production and Innovation Networks
Published on 22. July 2025
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-1-0353-4650-9 (ISBN)
Description
This timely Handbook brings together a range of international experts to discuss sustainability, proposing a new framework for cross-disciplinary research. It provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical and empirical approaches to the economics and management of regenerative production, evaluating sustainability in relation to global production and innovation networks.
Renowned authors address pressing challenges, such as climate change, deforestation, desertification, technological advancement and rising social inequality. The Handbook highlights the importance of supply chain management and critical approaches to sustainability, including ethnographic drone interventions in the Global South. It also presents forward-thinking suggestions for future academic research, illustrating the need for scholars to think beyond established disciplinary boundaries to leverage synergies between fields.
The Handbook of Grand Challenges in Global Production and Innovation Networks will greatly benefit students and academics in international business, economics and development studies. Its valuable insights into the Sustainable Development Goals make it an essential tool for practitioners in sustainability, supply chain management and entrepreneurship.
Renowned authors address pressing challenges, such as climate change, deforestation, desertification, technological advancement and rising social inequality. The Handbook highlights the importance of supply chain management and critical approaches to sustainability, including ethnographic drone interventions in the Global South. It also presents forward-thinking suggestions for future academic research, illustrating the need for scholars to think beyond established disciplinary boundaries to leverage synergies between fields.
The Handbook of Grand Challenges in Global Production and Innovation Networks will greatly benefit students and academics in international business, economics and development studies. Its valuable insights into the Sustainable Development Goals make it an essential tool for practitioners in sustainability, supply chain management and entrepreneurship.
Reviews / Votes
'Rarely do you find such a wide-ranging coverage of the complexities involved in the greening of the Global South and the attempts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With examples from Latin America and Africa and in-depth discussions of the roles of business, government and society, this book aims to cover almost all the questions posed by the green and social transition to a better world. Truly challenging and useful.' -- Carlota Perez, University College London and University of Sussex, UKMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-4650-9 (9781035346509)
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Persons
Edited by Jan Vang, Department of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Helene Balslev Clausen, Department of Culture and Learning, Aalborg University, Amanda Bille, and Annalisa Brambini, Department of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark and Donato Masi, Loughborough University, UK
Content
Contents
Introduction to Handbook of Grand Challenges in Global Production and
Innovation Networks 1
Jan Vang, Helene Balslev Clausen, Amanda Bille, Annalisa Brambini
and Donato Masi
PART I INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Introduction to Part I 5
Jan Vang,, Donato Masi,, Annalisa Brambini and Amanda Bille
1 The coupling between innovation and sustainability: Latin
America compared to the more traditional and more modern
regions 9
Lizette Huezo-Ponce and Thomas Schott
2 Contributions of grassroots innovations for sustainable waste
management and circular economy 26
Sebastian Carenzo
3 Social innovation in Latin America: a university, government,
and community partnership perspective 44
Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti and Shahamak Rezaei
4 Opportunities for entrepreneurial sustainability initiatives to
advance Sustainable Development Goals 64
Helene Balslev Clausen and Leo-Paul Dana
5 Critical raw materials, technological change, and the Sustainable
Development Goals 79
Simona Iammarino and Mohammed Adil Sait
6 Sustainable system of innovation and green economy: forest
sector from Costa Rica 97
Olman Segura-Bonilla
7 Higher education, science, technology, and innovation in Latin
America: from relevant experiences to backing sustainability? 116
Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz
PART II GOVERNING SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction to Part II 131
Jan Vang, Helene Balslev Clausen, Donato Masi, Annalisa Brambini
and Amanda Bille
8 From supplier development to governance interventions: assessing
the potentials of how governance interventions can contribute to
life on land improvements (SDG 15) 133
Simon Bager and Jan Vang
9 Sustainability leaders and followers: a taxonomy of global clusters
in sustainability transitions 170
Fiorenza Belussi, Elisa Sabbadin and Silvia Rita Sedita
PART III OPERATIONS, SUPPLY CHAINS MANAGEMENT,
INDUSTRY 4.0 AND THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Introduction to Part III 193
Donato Masi, Annalisa Brambini, Helene Balslev Clausen, Jan Vang
and Amanda Bille
10 The adoption of employees' lean and green practices as a result
of leaders' behaviour in Indonesian logistics and transportation
service firms 196
Nissa Syifa Puspani, Desiree H. van Dun and Celeste P. M. Wilderom
11 Social and economic sustainability - exploring the need for an
integrative approach on the shopfloor 227
Peter Hasle and Mark Pagell
12 Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Development Goals: a review in the
context of emerging economies 242
Md. Nafizur Rahman, Aidin Salamzadeh and Leo Paul Dana
PART IV CRITICAL APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction to Part IV 255
Helene Balslev Clausen, Jan Vang, Annalisa Brambini, Donato Masi
and Amanda Bille
13 Global recycling networks and the Sustainable Development
Goals 257
Uzma Rehman
14 On the uses and misuses of SDGs, or, on McDonaldization,
solutionism, and the Bataillean challenge in sustainability
thinking 278
Alf Rehn
15 Sustainable Development Goals, degrowth and emergent
technologies: insights from ethnographic drone interventions in
the Global South 290
Jan Vang, Helene Balslev Clausen and Oscar Bowen Schofield
16 Concluding thoughts: next steps for global production and
innovation network research 307
Annalisa Brambini, Donato Masi, Helene Balslev Clausen,
Jan Vang and Amanda Bille
Introduction to Handbook of Grand Challenges in Global Production and
Innovation Networks 1
Jan Vang, Helene Balslev Clausen, Amanda Bille, Annalisa Brambini
and Donato Masi
PART I INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Introduction to Part I 5
Jan Vang,, Donato Masi,, Annalisa Brambini and Amanda Bille
1 The coupling between innovation and sustainability: Latin
America compared to the more traditional and more modern
regions 9
Lizette Huezo-Ponce and Thomas Schott
2 Contributions of grassroots innovations for sustainable waste
management and circular economy 26
Sebastian Carenzo
3 Social innovation in Latin America: a university, government,
and community partnership perspective 44
Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti and Shahamak Rezaei
4 Opportunities for entrepreneurial sustainability initiatives to
advance Sustainable Development Goals 64
Helene Balslev Clausen and Leo-Paul Dana
5 Critical raw materials, technological change, and the Sustainable
Development Goals 79
Simona Iammarino and Mohammed Adil Sait
6 Sustainable system of innovation and green economy: forest
sector from Costa Rica 97
Olman Segura-Bonilla
7 Higher education, science, technology, and innovation in Latin
America: from relevant experiences to backing sustainability? 116
Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz
PART II GOVERNING SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction to Part II 131
Jan Vang, Helene Balslev Clausen, Donato Masi, Annalisa Brambini
and Amanda Bille
8 From supplier development to governance interventions: assessing
the potentials of how governance interventions can contribute to
life on land improvements (SDG 15) 133
Simon Bager and Jan Vang
9 Sustainability leaders and followers: a taxonomy of global clusters
in sustainability transitions 170
Fiorenza Belussi, Elisa Sabbadin and Silvia Rita Sedita
PART III OPERATIONS, SUPPLY CHAINS MANAGEMENT,
INDUSTRY 4.0 AND THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Introduction to Part III 193
Donato Masi, Annalisa Brambini, Helene Balslev Clausen, Jan Vang
and Amanda Bille
10 The adoption of employees' lean and green practices as a result
of leaders' behaviour in Indonesian logistics and transportation
service firms 196
Nissa Syifa Puspani, Desiree H. van Dun and Celeste P. M. Wilderom
11 Social and economic sustainability - exploring the need for an
integrative approach on the shopfloor 227
Peter Hasle and Mark Pagell
12 Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Development Goals: a review in the
context of emerging economies 242
Md. Nafizur Rahman, Aidin Salamzadeh and Leo Paul Dana
PART IV CRITICAL APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction to Part IV 255
Helene Balslev Clausen, Jan Vang, Annalisa Brambini, Donato Masi
and Amanda Bille
13 Global recycling networks and the Sustainable Development
Goals 257
Uzma Rehman
14 On the uses and misuses of SDGs, or, on McDonaldization,
solutionism, and the Bataillean challenge in sustainability
thinking 278
Alf Rehn
15 Sustainable Development Goals, degrowth and emergent
technologies: insights from ethnographic drone interventions in
the Global South 290
Jan Vang, Helene Balslev Clausen and Oscar Bowen Schofield
16 Concluding thoughts: next steps for global production and
innovation network research 307
Annalisa Brambini, Donato Masi, Helene Balslev Clausen,
Jan Vang and Amanda Bille