ABSTRACT

Amidst the environmental crisis, governments and communities increasingly expect businesses to follow a “green agenda” when undertaking innovation. This paper proposes that innovating firms, when following a green strategy, have the potential to generate a wider social impact, besides the usual positive business outcomes. The main arguments are developed under the multiple helices concept (derived from the original triple helix model of innovation), which proposes a collaborative approach between key institutions. The framework allows investigation of: (1) how various innovation-actors assist firms in undertaking green innovation and (2) to what extent does green innovation (via multiple helices) create a social impact? This paper will be valuable as the conceptualisation of social impact assists governments in supporting those business-initiated green innovation projects which maximise public good.

摘要

在环境危机中，政府和社区越来越希望企业在进行创新时遵循“绿色议程”。本文提出，创新公司在遵循绿色战略时，除了通常的积极业务成果外，还有可能产生更广泛的社会影响。主要论点是在多螺旋概念（源自原始的三螺旋创新模型）下发展起来的，它提出了关键机构之间的协作方法。该框架允许调查：（1）各种创新行为者如何帮助企业进行绿色创新；（2）绿色创新（通过多重螺旋）在多大程度上产生了社会影响？本文将很有价值，因为社会影响的概念化有助于政府支持那些最大化公共利益的企业发起的绿色创新项目。