The ambivalent relationship between sustainability and innovation

Thesis from 2008 in the field of Business Administration - Corporate Ethics, Business Ethics, Grade: 1.0, Technical University of Dortmund, 115 sources in the bibliography, Language: German.

Abstract: Against the backdrop of increasing global environmental and development issues, the term sustainable development was coined in the mid-1980s. An analysis of the numerous publications on this topic quickly reveals that there is no shortage of attempts to concretize this term. However, more than twenty years of intense scientific and political discussion have yet to lead to a consensus on a unified understanding of the concept of sustainability or sustainable development. Furthermore, it remains largely unclear how sustainability can be concretely implemented.