A study of sustainable innovation in a product development project

Authors

  • Mauro Luiz Martens Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba
  • Claudia Terezinha Kniess Universidade Nove de Julho
  • Cristina Dai Pra Martens Universidade Nove de Julho
  • Marly Monteiro Carvalho Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v14n3.6486

Keywords:

Innovation. Sustainability. Sustainable innovation.

Abstract

This exploratory research is motivated by the importance given today to innovation and sustainability, as well as by the need to incorporate environmental, economic, and social dimensions into the context of project management for product development, aiming for sustainable innovation. This study sought to analyze how sustainability concepts were used in the process of product development. To explore the concept of sustainable innovation, we carried out a single-case study of a project involving the development of an innovative product. For data collection, we used project documents and a semi-structured interview with the project leader. As a result, we concluded that the project was aligned in terms of sustainability in regard to the theoretical framework presented based on the triple-bottom line model, showing evidence of actions, practices, and indicators of economic, environmental, and social sustainability in the management of the evaluated project.

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Author Biographies

Mauro Luiz Martens, Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba

Mauro Luiz Martens* is an associate professor at Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP), in Production Engineering Department, in Brazil. He is researcher partner at LGP - Project Management Laboratory (http://www.pro.poli.usp.br/lgp) and QEP - Quality and Product Engineering research group of CNPq at University of São Paulo (USP), in Production Engineering Department from the Polytechnic School, in Brazil. He has Industrial Chemical Degree, Master Science (M.Sc.) in Production Engineering at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Ph.D in Production Engineering at Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo (USP), in Brazil. He was Visiting Scholar at Bentley University in 2014. He is Director at Viatecno Company, working on project management, corporate sustainability and sustainability in project management. Projects of food safety, quality and environment management, He has large experience in food companies working on food safety system certifications, as well as quality and environmental management systems.

Claudia Terezinha Kniess, Universidade Nove de Julho

Cláudia Terezinha Kniess** is coordinator of the Professional Master Program in Business Administration - Environmental Management and Sustainability, and professor in the Master and Doctorate Program in Business Administration (PPGA), at UNINOVE - Universidade Nove de Julho, in Brazil. She is M.Sc in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering at University Federal of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Post-Doctoral at the Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research - Center for Nuclear Fuels (IPEN-CCN/USP). Her practice areas are Project Management, Environmental Management and Sustainability, Technological Innovation, Valorization of Industrial Waste and Technology Management, interacting with interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary groups. She is the coordinator of a project approved by the National Electricity Agency, ANEEL (ANEEL/TRACTEBEL) in the area of sustainable innovation. She is also a fellow in Productivity in Technological Development and Innovative Extension Level 2 – CNPq.

Cristina Dai Pra Martens, Universidade Nove de Julho

Cristina Dai Prá Martens** is coordinator of the Professional Master Program in Business Administration - Project Management, and professor in the Master and Doctorate Program in Business Administration (PPGA), at UNINOVE - Universidade Nove de Julho, in Brazil. She is M.Sc. and Ph.D in Business Administration, in the area of Information Systems and Decision Support at PPGA/EA/UFRGS, and Post-Doctoral at CERAG/UPMF Université Pierre Mendès-France (France). She is the leader of the Research Group on Strategy in Projects. The areas of interest are: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Project Management, IT Adoption, Mobility and Mobile Technologies.

Marly Monteiro Carvalho, Universidade de São Paulo

Marly Monteiro de Carvalho** is an associate professor at University of São Paulo (USP), (USP), in Production Engineering Department from Polytechnic School, in Brazil. She is the coordinator of Project Management Lab. (http://www.pro.poli.usp.br/lgp), the coordinator of Master in Project Management (USP/FCAV), and the coordinator of QEP-Quality and Product Engineering research group of CNPq. She holds Production Engineering Degree at University of São Paulo, M.Sc. and Ph.D in the same area at Federal University of Santa Catarina, and Post-Doctoral Program at Polytechnic of Milan. She has published 12 books and a number of articles within the same areas.

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Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

Martens, M. L., Kniess, C. T., Martens, C. D. P., & Carvalho, M. M. (2016). A study of sustainable innovation in a product development project. Exacta, 14(3), 477–494. https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v14n3.6486

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2016): (Jul-Set)

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