| 书目名称 | Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation: A Role For Sustainability Driven by the Global Sout | | 副标题 | A Cross-Border, Mult | | 编辑 | Diego A. Vazquez-Brust,Joseph Sarkis,James J. Cord | | 视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/230/229382/229382.mp4 | | 概述 | Provides tools and models for cross-border collaboration for innovation and sustainability, especially building on models developed in the South that are transferable to the North.Applies the tools of | | 丛书名称 | Greening of Industry Networks Studies | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | A number of arguments are made by an international group of authors in this though provoking book about an understudied and socially important context. A future in which financial wealth transfers across the North-South divide from richer to poorer countries is far from sufficient for the relief of poverty and the pursuit of sustainability. Caution must be taken when growth is achieved through the liquidation of the natural wealth of poorer nations, in order to maintain a global economic status quo. Neither poverty reduction nor sustainability will ultimately be achieved. The financial collapse and social upheaval that might result will make the most recent economic downturn look trivial by comparison. What is more urgently needed instead, as argued in this book, is collaboration for sustainability and innovation in the global South, especially building on models originally developed in the South that are transferable to the North. In pursuit of a sustainable and more equitable future, the book examines such topics as Cross-Border Innovation in South-North Fair Trade Supply Chains; Potential Pollution Prevention Programs in Bangladesh; Digital Literacy and Social Inclusion in the S | | 出版日期 | Book 2014 | | 关键词 | South-North collaboration; cross-border innovation; equitable futures; multi-stakeholder; sustainable de | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7633-3 | | isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-0765-5 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-7633-3Series ISSN 2543-0246 Series E-ISSN 2543-0254 | | issn_series | 2543-0246 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 |
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,Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation in the Global South: A Cross-Border, Multi-stakehol |
Diego A. Vazquez-Brust,Joseph Sarkis,James J. Cordeiro |
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Innovation, sustainability, and collaboration are all related in their efforts to manage multiple dimensions of organizational and institutional policies and practices. This chapter conceptualizes an integrative Sustainability Science perspective of innovation, sustainability and collaboration, providing and overview of the three topics and their relative importance to overall advancement of Global Sustainability, in particular through innovations from the South. It is argued that Cross-border collaboration (North–south and South-South), is necessary to achieve this goal and various collaborative arrangements and stakeholders in these arrangements are discussed. Our perspective emphasizes not only of the need but also the challenges of sustainability-oriented projects involving cross-borders partnerships. The chapter finally introduces and discusses the various remaining chapters in this book and presents summaries, insights and linkages amongst these chapters.
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,Challenges of Cross-Border Collaboration: Knowledge Networks for Innovation and Sustainability in t |
Cecilia Hidalgo,Claudia E. Natenzon |
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Despite many efforts to describe and characterize collaborative research on complex problems, conditions for success are not yet rigorously grounded on actual cases (Podestá et~al. . & ., 40–48, 2012). To compensate this lack of empirical work on specific cases, the chapter describes insights gained during a study of collaboration in three international (US-Argentina) climate variability research projects where the authors were co-investigators. Conclusions arisen which illustrate the relevance of connectivity that foster or impede collaborative production of high-quality, useable knowledge, should be an essential component of projects involving scientists, practitioners and stakeholders. Mostly as they include participants with different nationalities and backgrounds who must collectively define a new set of shared principles, concepts and aims. Monitoring and reflection must also implicate institutions (planning and funding agencies, universities, research institutes, GOs and NGOs, etc.) which are currently rehearsing their first steps in such a complex type of collaboration. The chapter present observations from various stages of the projects and extract lessons that will contri
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,The Role of Expatriates in Cross-Subsidiary Collaboration, |
Minori Kusumoto |
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The more that organizations globalize, the more of a challenge it is for them to coordinate relations between units across nations. Direct control of subsidiaries by Headquarters is hampered by problems of distance, language, culture and differences in interests. In order to succeed, multinationals need to develop collaborative relationships between subsidiaries and integrate them toward a common objective. This chapter analyzes the determinants of successful inter-subsidiaries collaboration involving knowledge flows in a Japanese Multinational. Using action research and interviews with more than 100 local managers and expatriates in nine subsidiaries, the chapter identifies five key roles of expatriates: globalizer, localizer, agent of control, agent of change, and knowledge transfer. It further investigates the factors that influence the ability of expatriates to fully perform their roles, highlighting the importance of collaborative relations with local managers for reverse knowledge transfer of innovation generated in developing countries subsidiaries, the chapter highlight how expatriates are crucial to the success of collaborative relations between subsidiaries, to “localize”
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,The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains, |
Chao-Min Liu,Diego A. Vazquez-Brust,Joseph Sarkis |
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Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) requires coordinated action across firms from different countries. The chapter uses a case study of a Taiwanese SME supplying automotive parts to a large French car-maker to analyze to what extent and why final customers’ GSCM are integrated in their first tier suppliers (the case study company) and second tier suppliers (SME suppliers of the case study company). It is found that there are no formal collaboration mechanisms between firms in this supply chain. The SMEs are mainly reactive approaches in response to various pressures. Greening drive decreases in less environmentally regulated markets where final customers are not environmentally sensitive. Shared values act as incentive to exchange information and develop mentorship relations between customers and first-tier suppliers. These relations provided the blue-print for similar mentorship relationship between first-tier and second tier suppliers. First tier supplier teach second-tier supplier how to satisfy customers’ requirement but such collaboration depends on two factors: (a) the extent of environmental awareness of second tier suppliers have and (b) the supply chain complexity and wei
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,Cross-Border Innovation in South–North Fair Trade Supply Chains: The Opportunities and Problems of |
Alastair M. Smith |
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Fair trade is a means of governing South–North supply chains to increase the benefits of international trade integration for poor southern producers of agricultural and handicraft goods. Although the approach itself is arguably innovative in comparison with commercially orientated supply chains, many consider that its formalization within third-party, Fairtrade International certification, has facilitated a process of conventionalization. Furthermore, Fairtrade certification is considered to dominate producer and consumer attention; and therefore marginalize other more innovative and radical fair trade approaches, making differentiation increasingly difficult. The chapter investigates one aspect of this narrative by elucidating the effects of the Fairtrade Towns scheme: a promotional program viewed to be precipitating “Fairtrade absolutism” within the wider movement. Focusing on the devolved region of Scotland, evidence for this process is uncovered and the implications for Southern producers highlighted through a parallel case study of the National Smallholder Farmers Association in Malawi. Here it is found that the costs of certification and their geographic restriction are activ
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,Transboundary Conservation Through Hybrid Partnerships: A Comparative Analysis of Forest Projects, |
Saleem H. Ali |
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Transboundary conservation has acquired greater significance in recent years as international treaties, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, have included such projects in their program of work. Since 1990, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has been involved in several conservation projects that span international borders, which broadly include the following ecoregions: Borneo rainforest (Indonesia, Malaysia); Central African rainforest (Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of Congo); Southeast Asian forest (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand); and the Andean rainforest (Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia). This chapter provides an evaluation of these projects in terms of their potential for peace-building, which has been a stated goal alongside conservation. The methodology for the study involved a series of qualitative questions that were posed to ITTO staff, governmental officials and civil society professionals via an email survey. In the case of the Cordillera del Condor region between Ecuador and Peru, a community field visit also elicited responses from indigenous community members regarding the salient role of this case in conflict resolution between the two countries.
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,Multi-stakeholder International Governance Initiatives: Addressing the Challenges of ASM Sector in |
Natalia Yakovleva,Diego A. Vazquez-Brust |
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector employs as many as four million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Over 200,000 people in Ghana alone are engaged in mining diamonds and gold at small-scale level. ASM is an important economic sector and income generating activity for rural and urban populations. However, the sector is also associated with adverse impacts on the natural environment, irresponsible mining techniques, social and health problems, dangerous working conditions, gender discrimination, conflicts between illegal ASM operators and large-scale mining companies, child labor and criminal element. Various international organizations have implemented a series of initiatives with an aim to address institutional, technological and environmental problems of the ASM sector in Ghana. Based on the analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews, the paper uses institutional analysis and collective action as conceptual frameworks to examine the success of such cross-border initiatives and it impact on the governance of the ASM sector in Ghana. The paper also discusses how other initiatives, involving local actors, are developing in Ghana.
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,Implementing a Developing Country’s Global Environmental Commitments: Industry Perspectives on Pote |
Asadul Hoque Ph.D.,Amelia Clarke Ph.D.,Adriane MacDonald Ph.D. |
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This chapter is positioned in the literature that discusses the tension between global environmental commitments and local implementation from the perspective of a developing country. It focuses on the implementation of international conventions, treaties and protocols signed and ratified by Bangladesh, as evidenced by the existence of related programs. The programs examined in this study were proposed by the Asian Development Bank in 1994, based on international best practices for industrial pollution prevention. The chapter also frames the regulatory, market-based and voluntary initiatives on a policy continuum from compliance, cooperative and collaborative approaches and compares the perceived existence of these approaches. The business perspectives of these programs are analyzed in the tannery, pulp and paper, fertilizer, textile and cement industries. Results show that although there are environmental regulations for preventing industrial pollution in Bangladesh, they are not as effective or comprehensive as they could be. The study also found that voluntary programs and economic incentive programs are present to a very limited extent. This study raises questions as to how to
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,Technology Adaptation and Assimilation of Takakura for Promoting Environmental Protection in Suraba |
Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan,Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira |
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Surabaya, the second largest cities in Indonesia, has a long history in community-based solid waste management (CBSWM). Since 1990, the city has won a number of Adipura Awards at national level and international recognitions including the Honor City by UNCED in 1992 and the UNEP Award in 1990. In partnership with the Japan’s Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association (KITA), since 1990s the Surabaya municipality has started composting program called “Takakura” by constructing about 16 compost houses to reduce organic waste. By 2011, about 30 % of reduction of waste was achieved at the Benowo landfill. To date, there are over 40,000 takakuras and about 900 composters freely distributed to local communities. Approximately 400 city environmental facilitators and 28,000 environmental cadres have been involved. Presently almost 30 % of kitchen waste is reduced due to community participation. This chapter discusses the evolvement of innovation facilitated by cooperation between two localities. Different from bilateral national level cooperation, local-local cooperation can lead to direct experiences at the ground-level, as people from both cities work together to attain the
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,Collaboration and Partnership in the Context of Indian CSR: The Global Compact Local Network and th |
Jorge A. Arevalo |
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The recent emergence of sustainability partnerships and the activities and commitments of some prominent global actors has not received enough empirical attention in the academic literature. In this chapter, we examine the collaborative dynamic of a relatively new initiative – the Investors for Development Project (I4D). Specifically, we investigate how its partners i.e. Northern Governments, United Nations Economic and Social Commission Asia Pacific, the UN Global Compact, and the wider community in the CSR field, have fueled the promotion and awareness of sustainable and responsible business in Asian economies. We find that financial and leadership commitments play an important role in shaping the sustainability efforts among Global Compact participants in Asian nations. In particular, we observe how the aims of this project have, to some extent, addressed some of the reported challenges of implementing CSR among the Indian business sector. We further find that the I4D model, conceptualized in this study as an inclusive partnership of global actors, does offer a platform for collaboration and networking opportunities among various stakeholders genuinely concerned for sustainable
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,Innovation, Investment, Enterprise: Generating Sustainable Livelihood at Grassroots Through Honey B |
Anil K. Gupta |
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This chapter argues that the journey to sustainability needs to look at new north poles, may be in the south. Developing countries have developed grassroots innovations that have been characterized by low emissions in many of their rural productive systems through intermediate technologies. A pioneering example of these collaborative dynamics is the Honey Bee Network in India and its international replications around other developing and developed countries. This network of grassroots innovation is responsible for the continuous development, valuation and appropriation of rural knowledge and rural expertise. The chapter, written by the founder of Honey Bees, explores the determinants of success of Honey Bees collaboration networks and analyzes the linkages of grassroots innovations first at the level of collaborative innovations, in particular south-south collaboration, and second in their contribution to the Sustainable Development debate across the world. The chapter also takes stock on how to close the gap between the appropriation of capacities and knowledge and transaction costs, while actively participating in a more greener agenda on Sustainability the Southern way. At the c
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,,: Digital Literacy and Social Inclusion in the South Through Collective Storytelling, |
María Florencia Ripani |
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This chapter focuses on ., a participative educational project developed in Argentina in 2009 to promote digital literacies and social inclusion of vulnerable children in Buenos Aires city. In this initiative, children collectively created an imaginary world by drawing and recording sounds, which became reality with the help of digital media. The children’s creations were assembled in animated movies to be presented in different communication and cultural platforms, including a large-scale digital installation. The case is innovative in the use of digital storytelling with participative approaches mediated by visual communication, and enhanced by digital media. After summarizing relevant frameworks and analyzing the case, the paper suggests that digital literacies and social inclusion can be promoted by projects encouraging creativity, play, imagination and fantasy, by inviting children and young people to become content and story creators, where drawing, collaborative work and digital media is crucial to enhancing their experience.
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,Innovative Sustainable Partnership Between UNESP and a Rural Community: The Bamboo Project, |
Marco Antônio dos Reis Pereira,Rosane Aparecida Gomes Battistelle,Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour |
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A successful partnership has been established between one of the most prestigious universities in Brazil, the São Paulo State University – UNESP, and a rural community located in the state of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil. Within the ambit of this project, the farmers of this community, who are at constant social risk, receive training to enter the bamboo production chain. This training involves planting species of commercial interest, handling bamboo clumps to produce seedlings and stems, treatment and drying, in addition to techniques for processing, treatment and utilization in the construction of lightweight structures and for the production of artisanal and processed products, thus adding value to the material and providing a source of income for these families. This partnership resulted in several mutual benefits, e.g., the formation of a group of trained farmers, called the “Viverde Agroecological Association,” which can replicate this process by including new families in the project, as well as the establishment of partnerships to disseminate and support the project, and the training of UNESP students in product development and in scientific activities. This partnership project
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,“The Biofuels Program”: Decreasing Rural Poverty and Environmental Deterioration Through Cooperativ |
Clovis Zapata,Diego A. Vazquez-Brust,José Plaza-Ubeda,Jerónimo de-Burgos-Jiménez |
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Collective action engagement can enable individuals to overcome self-interestedness and work toward shared goals but to “get the institutions right for cooperation” requires an understanding of how the particular set of market and nonmarket relationships really work for participants. In the context of the biodiesel value chain in Brazil, this paper uses a case study to explore how institutional arrangements need to evolve if they are to foster the productive and sustained inclusion of small farmers in collective action to promote sustainable innovation as a regional economic development strategy. The analysis suggest that collaborative arrangements between policy-makers, Petrobras and grass-root representatives acting as agents of farmers shaped the design of the program and provided political and economic incentives for its implementation. However, institutional and socio-technical innovation failed to take-off because during implementation. The number of farmers engaged with the program was only a half than forecasted and productivity was even lower. A primary source of disincentives was the lack of direct engagement of small-farmers in decision-making and the dominance of instit
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,Eco-Innovation at the “Bottom of the Pyramid”, |
Mario Pansera,Richard Owen |
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The projected exponential rise in the 80 % of humanity living on less than $10 a day (largely in the developing world) – the so-called “bottom of pyramid (BoP)”’ – suggests that their behavior, lifestyle and consumption patterns will increasingly affect the global economy and society as a whole. While sustainability is a well-established concept in the developed world, understanding of perceptions and approaches to sustainability at the BoP (and associated behavior) is limited. In particular there is little understanding of whether this vast pool of people across the globe “eco-innovate”, and if so how and why. This chapter provides an overview of the main theoretical discussions about innovation and development, with particular attention to eco-innovation creation, transfer and diffusion at the BoP. We challenge the assumption that the “poor are too poor to eco-innovate”, hypothesizing that eco-innovation in the so-called South could play an important role in contributing to global sustainability. The fascinating point in such a debate is whether or not those at the BoP will be able to trigger a change of paradigm on a global basis, pioneering alternative development models that c
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