Sustainable innovation and inclusive business in Latin America

IF 3 Q2 MANAGEMENT
Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar
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Abstract

Purpose

This exploratory research aims to analyze sustainable innovation in the context of inclusive business in Latin America.

Design/methodology/approach

The study performs a summative content analysis of 22 inclusive businesses (IBs) of current Business Call to Action (BCtA) members in Latin America. Codes were created to identify the modification or introduction of sustainable products/services/processes. Data were analyzed using NVivo 12.

Findings

Results show a prevalence of Colombian examples within Latin American inclusive business, and a more significant proportion in the agricultural sector, consistent with reports found in the literature. The authors found that sustainable innovation takes place when introducing new products/services/processes that respond to the needs of the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) population, or modifying existing processes and services to make them more sustainable.

Originality/value

As most sustainable innovation literature is product-oriented and technically dominated, these results contribute to the newer works adopting a more comprehensive conception of innovation, providing empirical evidence at the product, service and process levels. The results provide insights on how inclusive businesses make adaptations to improve the sustainability of their supply chains to bring their products/services within reach of isolated and disadvantaged communities. The findings also suggest that sustainable product innovation in an inclusive business goes beyond a cost reduction objective. Tailored design reveals a hybrid socioeconomic goal with a high degree of local context embeddedness and precise attention to nascent specialized demand. The results could be of practical use for organizations that want to operate an inclusive business in BoP markets.

拉丁美洲的可持续创新和包容性商业
目的本探索性研究旨在分析拉丁美洲包容性商业背景下的可持续创新。设计/方法/方法本研究对拉丁美洲22家现有企业号召行动(BCtA)成员的包容性企业(ib)进行了总结性内容分析。制定了规范,以确定可持续产品/服务/流程的修改或引入。使用NVivo 12对数据进行分析。研究结果表明,哥伦比亚的例子在拉丁美洲包容性商业中普遍存在,在农业部门中所占比例更大,这与文献中的报告一致。作者发现,当引入新产品/服务/流程以响应金字塔底层(BoP)人群的需求时,或修改现有流程和服务以使其更具可持续性时,可持续创新就会发生。原创性/价值大多数可持续创新文献以产品为导向,以技术为主导,这些结果有助于采用更全面的创新概念,在产品、服务和过程层面提供经验证据。研究结果提供了关于包容性企业如何进行调整以提高其供应链的可持续性,从而将其产品/服务提供给孤立和弱势社区的见解。研究结果还表明,包容性企业的可持续产品创新不仅仅是降低成本的目标。量身定制的设计揭示了一个混合的社会经济目标,具有高度的当地背景嵌入性和对新兴专业需求的精确关注。对于想要在防喷器市场开展包容性业务的组织来说,研究结果可能具有实际用途。
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