Knowledge, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Organizations

This volume explores the ways in which knowledge and innovation impact business and economic sustainability, offering a wide-ranging and richly illustrated study of knowledge, innovation and sustainability of organizations from a dynamic capabilities perspective.

In organizational theory, dynamic capability is defined as an organization's ability to react and adapt adequately and rapidly to external change. In today's global economy, pursuing sustainable strategies and practices is critical to organizational success.Complying with externally and internally imposed sustainability targets might initially appear as a restriction for organizations; however, they can be transformed into a new set of opportunities. This means that the classic ways in which management absorbs the experiences associated with evolving conditions, organizational frameworks and markets must be reconsidered in light of the preservation of the technological, environmental and social ecosystems.

Featuring research and case studies from sectors such as NGOs, SMEs, education and agriculture, this book offers students, academics, practitioners and policymakers a multi-faceted understanding of how and why knowledge, innovation and sustainability are intricately linked-and offers insight into best practices that balance organizational and societal needs.

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Ch 1: Knowledge, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Organizations: State-of-the-art.- Ch 2: Knowledge, Innovation and Sustainability: Past Literature and Future Trends.- Ch 3: Project Management Office in the Non-Governmental Organization as Driver of Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach.- Ch 4: Sustainable Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Disadvantaged Regions: Impact of Knowledge and Innovation.- Ch 5: Knowledge Management and Business Growth: Where is the Link?.- Ch 6: Effect of Resource Base View on the Innovation as Outcomes.- Ch 7: Personal Branding as a Knowledge Management Took to Enhance Innovation and Sustainable Development in Organizations.- Ch 8: Expatriation Knowledge Management: The Role Openness to Change and Work Engagement.- Ch 9: Applied Innovation Methodology: Proposal of a Dynamic Sustainable Environment for the Generation of Innovation and Knowledge Management Practices in SMEs.- Ch 10: The Entrepreneurial University Stimulating Innovation Through Campus Developments: the MIT Case.- Ch 11: Increasing the Economic Sustainability: A Case Study.- Ch 12: Innovation Management in Portuguese and Russian Agricultural Companies. A Case Study.- Ch 13: "The Integration of the Supply Chain as a Dynamic Capability for Sustainability: The Case of an Innovative Organic Company".