Corporate Responsibility and Innovation Clusters

The intent of the network is to bring together researchers with experience in their own country, who have studied clusters of innovation and/or innovation for sustainability from a variety of perspectives – innovation policy, firm capabilities, and corporate responsibility - to enable the construction of a more transdisciplinary understanding of this phenomenon and to develop the ground for comparative research that enables the conditions that inhibit or promote the activities of clusters to be developed. 

This should provide the basis for policy advice to the EC and contribute to the knowledge base of companies and other organisations engaged in clusters of innovation for sustainability.

There will be two workshops. The first one took place in the fall of 2006 and pooled knowledge and perspectives from the EABIS network. Currently a conceptual paper and draft research design and protocol are being developed in advance for the second workshop.

Experts from the following Universities and organizations are involved:

• Solvay Business School, Belgium - coordinator
• Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Henley School of Management, UK 
• IESE Business School, Spain
• Norwegian School of Management, Norway
• SDA Bocconi, Italy
• INSEAD, France
• Accountability, UK
• Microsoft, EMEA

EABIS Members and all interested in this Knowledge and Learning Network can visit the project space of this project on the EABIS Intranet or contact:
Nigel Roome, Solvay Business School, Coordinator of the Network, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Bart Neerscholten, EABIS Central Team, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it