Effect of sustainability-oriented innovation practices on the overall organisational performance: an empirical examination

One major means to address corporate sustainability practices in organisations are sustainability-oriented innovation practices, which tend to result in significantly improved products, services, processes or even management systems. Prior research has widely discussed the relevant issues about integrating sustainability aspects into innovation process; however, little empirical research has been conducted to analyse the link between sustainability-oriented innovation practices and the overall organisational performance. This paper addresses this gap by exploring the underlying structure of sustainability-oriented innovation practices as well as their effects on the particular performance dimensions (i.e. economic performance, quality performance, innovation performance, environmental performance and social performance). The large-scale web-based survey yielded 266 usable responses encompassing both the manufacturing and service industries across 5 countries: Germany, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain. The results of the regression analysis demonstrate that sustainability-oriented innovation practices are positively related with the overall organisational performance. The empirical evidence suggests that when organisations strongly emphasise sustainability practices, they can improve both economic and non-financial performance. From a practical perspective, the findings of the study may provide a clue regarding how organisations can embed sustainability aspects in their innovation processes with the aim of improving their performance

Postawy młodzieży wobec celów Nowej Agendy na rzecz zrównoważonego rozwoju

The whole world adopted a global strategy as the only possible one – a global development strategy based on the principles of sustainability. This strategy includes not only all types of politics, economies and societies, but is also an integral part of life and wellbeing of all people. A new sustainable development agenda for the period 2015-2030 identifies youth not only as a category much more sensitive to sustainability, but in each of its 17 goals of sustainable development emphasizes the role of young people and the need for their active participation in the promotion and realization of these objectives and its targets. Bearing this in mind, the research presented in the paper deals with young people’s knowledge on sustainable development, the strategy of sustainable development, and their attitudes towards the goals of sustainable development in the context of what they themselves find most important. Obtained results in the case study of the Republic of Serbia, not only show the results of the analysis of young people’s viewpoints on these crucial issues but also of a good way to continue research in this area not only by the authors of the paper but other researchers who are engaged in activism and participation of youth in sustainable development as well.Społeczność międzynarodowa przyjęła strategię rozwoju globalnego opartą na zasadach zrównoważoności. Uwzględnia ona nie tylko wszystkie występujące typy polityk, ekonomii i społeczeństw, ale także dobrostan wszystkich ludzi. Nowa Agenda dla zrównoważonego rozwoju obejmująca lata 2015-2030 wskazuje na młodzież jako na grupę bardziej wrażliwą na zagadnienie zrównoważoności W każdej z 17 grup celów zrównoważonego rozwoju podkreśla rolę, jaką powinni w tych ramach odgrywać młodzi ludzie i wskazuje na potrzebę ich aktywnego uczestnictwa w promocji i realizacji założonych celów. Niniejsza praca prezentuje wyniki badań odnoszących się do wiedzy młodych ludzi o zrównoważonym rozwoju, strategii zrównoważonego rozwoju, a także ich postaw odnośnie celów zrównoważonego rozwoju i ich własnych przekonań. Badania przeprowadzone w Republice Serbii omawiają opinie młodzieży na te ważne tematy, a ponadto wskazują na ważny kierunek badań nie tylko dla autorów tego artykułu, ale także innych naukowców zaangażowanych we włączenie młodych ludzi w pracę dla zrównoważonego rozwoju

Examination of the Mediating Effects of Physical Asset Management on the Relationship Between Sustainability and Operational Performance

This study examines the mediating effects of physical asset management on the relationship between sustainability and operational performance. Using empirical data based on survey data from six European countries (i.e. Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey), this study utilized mediation analysis in order to address the research problem. A macro for SPSS was used to estimate the size of an indirect effect of sustainability on operational performance through a mediator (physical asset management). Results of this study show mediator effect of physical asset management on the relationship between sustainability and operational performance. The paper provides valuable insights into mechanism that have a potential to enhance operational performance. The results contribute to a better understanding on how organizations could achieve higher operational performance outcomes by implementing sustainability and physical asset management practices