Call for papers: Reconceiving stakeholder engagement and open innovation approaches to achieve triple bottom-line objectives

This special issue raises awareness on the importance of open innovation approaches that address triple bottom line objectives.

Guest editors:

Mark Anthony Camilleri
University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
mark.a.camilleri@um.edu.mt

Serena Strazzullo
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
serena.strazzullo@unina.it

Victor Tiberius
Universitat Potsdam, Germany
tiberius@uni-potsdam.de

Alhamzah Alnoor
Southern Technical University, Basrah, Iraq
alhamzah.malik@stu.edu.iq

Ciro Troise
Universita de Torino, Italy
ciro.troise@unito.it

Livio Cricelli
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
livio.cricelli@unina.it

Special issue information:

Open innovation refers to the extant information age mindset involving collaborative activities with internal and external stakeholders. This term promotes outside-in (to gain external knowledge), inside-out (to bring ideas to market) and coupled processes (to co-create value with external partners through alliances, cooperation, and joint ventures) to develop and commercialize innovations (Camilleri et al., 2023). The stakeholders' partnership agreements are clearly evidenced when businesses forge strong relationships with external and internal stakeholders to help them plan, develop, promote and distribute products (Chesbrough & Bogers, 2014; Greco et al., 2022; Lou'anová et al., 2022). Win-win alliances with different parties can also enable them to achieve triple bottom line objectives in terms of economic performance and to improve their social and environmental credentials (Gong et al., 2020; Grunwald et al., 2021; Mendes et al., 2022; Testa et al., 2018).

Arguably, there is scope for a wide array of stakeholders to join forces and to work together with other organizations, including with competitors, on social and environmentally sustainable projects that benefit the communities. Such collaborative relationships enable organizations to find new ways to solve pressing problems in society (Sandberg et al. 2023). At the same time, they could prove their license to operate, by building a positive corporate reputation and image, where they operate their business.

The businesses' ongoing engagement with external (expert) stakeholders can help them align their corporate objectives with their environmental, social and governance performance (Camilleri, 2018). They could support them in the development of sustainable innovations, by enhancing their knowledge acquisition, by improving their competences and capabilities, by increasing operational efficiencies and cost savings, and by generating new revenue streams (Ghodbane, 2019; Huizingh, 2011). As a result, they are in a better position to create value to their company and to society.

Manuscript submission information:

The Journal's submission system will be open for submissions for the Special Issue `Reconceiving stakeholder engagement and open innovation approaches to achieve triple bottom-line objectives'. When submitting your manuscript please select the article type 'VSI: triple bottom-line'. Please submit your manuscript before 30 June 2024.

All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.

Keywords:

Open innovation; Stakeholder engagement;

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