By 2050, the world population will have increased to 9 billion (Bongaarts, 2009). This increase will lead to significant growth in waste. Construction is one of the largest raw material users (Bribian et al., 2011), and this sector consumes about 40% of the energy-related CO2 emissions (Dean et al., …

Presentatie over de Social Impact Tools die wij samen met sociale mkb-bedrijven hebben ontwikkeld en waarmee deze bedrijven de ontwikkelinun medewerkers kunnen laten zien en de maatschappelijke opbrengsten van hun bedrijf. De dashboards uit deze tools kunnen worden gebruikt om inkopers te laten zien …

This article aims to uncover the processes of developing sustainable business models in innovation ecosystems. Innovation ecosystems with sustainability goals often consist of cross-sector partners and need to manage three tensions: the tension of value creation versus value capture, the tension of mutual …

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Living labs are an extremely attractive open innovation landscape for collaborative research and development activities targeting the complexity of today’s societal challenges. However, although there is plenty of support for collaboration, we still lack clear guidelines to direct transdisciplinary stakeholder …

Sustainability and economic growth—the integration and balance of social, environmental, and economic needs—is a salient concern for sustainable development and social well-being. By focusing on a sustainable innovation project, we explore how entrepreneurial ecosystems become sustainable entrepreneurial …

This contribution will describe how the Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, the Netherlands has implemented its entrepreneurship education throughout the entire institution resulting in entrepreneurial awareness among many students and great impact in the regional innovation ecosystem