Abstract
This study demonstrates the antecedents and challenges of innovation in sustainable development (SD) projects. In particular, a systematic literature review is conducted to highlight the challenges of innovation, that can suppress the efficient attainment of innovation benefits, in SD projects. The findings indicate that the positive benefits of innovation, in SD projects, are applying new strategies, developing new management practices, increasing interests and commitments of project team members, obtaining a better quality, attaining competitive advantages, introducing active influencers, establishing more engagement and collaborative work among team members, and satisfying project stakeholders. On the other side, innovation challenges that could act as barriers to achieve these benefits, in SD projects, are innovation resistance, stakeholders’ requirements, pressure from clients to meet the SD project goals, diverse project environment, dynamic and unstable markets, project structure and characteristics, compliance with the common goals between innovation and sustainable development projects, and less management support and commitment for innovation. In brief, if project team members could overcome these challenges, innovation could be adopted and implemented effectively in sustainable development projects.
Highlights
1.1 Introduce the ProblemThe growing concern about the high consumption of resources, environmental degradation, and social injustice requires a transition towards sustainable economies and societies (Adams et al, 2016)
The findings indicate that the positive benefits of innovation, in sustainable development (SD) projects, are applying new strategies, developing new management practices, increasing interests and commitments of project team members, obtaining a better quality, attaining competitive advantages, introducing active influencers, establishing more engagement and collaborative work among team members, and satisfying project stakeholders
The valuable knowledge and information obtained from these articles had been used to satisfy the main purpose of this study, which is analyzing the challenges of innovation that can suppress the attainment of innovation benefits in SD projects
Summary
1.1 Introduce the ProblemThe growing concern about the high consumption of resources, environmental degradation, and social injustice requires a transition towards sustainable economies and societies (Adams et al, 2016). Bearing in mind that uncertainty is associated with innovation processes and outcomes, it is widely agreed that the implementation of innovation in SD projects creates a great challenge for involved individuals (Evans et al, 2017). This indicates that challenges are typical when working in an innovation context that involves high uncertainty (Chatenier et al, 2010). Being innovative in the domain of sustainable development requires robust capabilities, whether related to small, incremental, or radical innovation steps (Evans et al, 2017)
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