Innovation and sustainability: the Italian scenario Rosanna Cataldo University of Naples Federico II, Italy Maria Gabriella Grassia University of Naples Federico II, Italy Paolo Mazzocchi University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Claudio Quintano University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, Italy Antonella Rocca University of Naples Parthenope, Italy This is a section of ASA 2021 Statistics and Information Systems for Policy Evaluation(DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8) by Bruno Bertaccini, Luigi Fabbris, Alessandra Petrucci Firenze University Press Firenze 2021 https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8.15

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Society and policy makers demand innovation systems oriented towards several goals of sustainable development. Therefore, recent literature has dedicated a growing interest to both innovation and sustainability in the pursuit of environmental, economic and social development; in addition, the emerging topic of ‘sustainable innovation’ (and ‘eco-innovation’) seems to combine the main features of them. The definition of these concepts has been significantly changed during the last decades, and a broad discussion continues today about which indicators should be used to measure innovation, sustainability and their combination. The current paper investigates this relationship, and - in the authors’ opinion - the research question connected to the impact of the innovative product (and service and process) solutions on sustainability can be addressed by means of a stable theoretical framework. To study the interaction between innovation and sustainability, the usage of specific territorial features might represent a useful perspective to manage short-and long-term environmental and economic issues. As for the theoretical model, the present article considers a specific technique suitable for investigating the entire set of characteristics involved in the model. From a public makers and managerial point of view, the possibility of improving the firm’ efficiencies in terms of several dimensions of sustainable innovation represents a relevant topic that must be encouraged.

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