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The Bottom-Up Side of Eco-innovation: Mapping the Dynamics of Sustainable Grassroots Innovations

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In this paper, we adopt a sociotechnical systems perspective and relying on six published cases of sustainable grassroots innovation (SGI) implementations worldwide, we develop a conceptual framework for analysing the dynamics (in both micro- and macro-level settings) of individual SGI initiatives. From the framework, indicatively, we select the attribute of (origin of) technological innovation, and we present trends in SGI trajectories with respect to the adoption of an established environmental technology, the development of an eco-innovation ‘in-situ’, and the infusion of novel technologies developed externally in order to fulfil specific SGI needs.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

    Yannis Mouzakitis & Emmanuel D. Adamides

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  1. The York Management School, University of York, York, UK

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  2. The York Management School, University of York, York, UK

    Luisa Huaccho Huatuco

  3. Bournemouth University and KES International, Shoreham-by-sea, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  4. Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Rossi Setchi

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Mouzakitis, Y., Adamides, E.D. (2019). The Bottom-Up Side of Eco-innovation: Mapping the Dynamics of Sustainable Grassroots Innovations. In: Ball, P., Huaccho Huatuco, L., Howlett, R., Setchi, R. (eds) Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2019. KES-SDM 2019. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 155. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9271-9_6

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