Eco-innovation typology for incubators, Prof. Andriele Carvalho, Paula Zarelli and Bruna Dalarosa
Prof. Andriele De Prá Carvalho
Campus Francisco Beltrão
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Apucarana
Brazil
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Apucarana
Brazil
Email: andridpc@gmail.com
Paula Regina Zarelli
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba
Brazil
Bruna Madey Dalarosa
Campus Francisco Beltrão
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Apucarana
Brazil
DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-10-2017-0071
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand a typology of eco-innovation that best characterizes an innovation incubator, with the aim of strengthening the management of this habitat to leverage the development of new eco-innovation technologies.
Design/methodology/approach: The typologies of 22 studies identified in the Web of Science, Scopus, Scielo and Science Direct databases were analyzed through a theoretical and descriptive study and method of systematic literature review. In the typologies analyzed, none were found that fit directly into the environment of an innovation incubator.
Findings: The most detailed typology, by Fernando et al. (2015), is characterized as a type of eco-innovation developed in a specific market, but it does not address the characteristics of this innovation habitat, which is the incubator.
Practical implications: Thus, based on the typologies presented, this paper demonstrates the construction of an instrument that contemplates the authors analyzed, with emphasis on its application in incubators.
Originality/value: This paper demonstrates the construction of an instrument that contemplates the authors analyzed, with emphasis on the application in incubators.
Keywords: Innovation; Incubator; Eco-innovation.
Citation: Carvalho, A.D.P., Zarelli, P.R. and Dalarosa, B.M. (2018), "Eco-innovation typology for incubators", World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 291-308. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJEMSD-10-2017-0071
