Sustainable Innovation Management

• Triggering interests in sustainable and social innovations
  
  
• Uncovering the topic of sustainable innovation management within the framework of alternative business models
  
  
• Strengthening skills and methods for sustainable innovation management in different companies and contexts
  
  
• Teaching the scientific foundations of design thinking and participatory design and their application for developing sustainable innovative ideas

Overview of main topics of sustainable innovation management

• Definition of sustainable and social innovations
  
  
• Definition of sustainable innovation management
  
  
• Alternative business models and sustainable innovation management
  
  
• The essential components of a successful sustainable innovation management
  
  
• The essential tools and methods for a successful sustainable innovation management
  
  
• Sustainable innovation management in the digital era
  
  
• Basic strategies of sustainable innovation management

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