An R&D Management Framework for Eco-Technology

Sustainability

Hideki Kobayashi¹  Masahiro Kato¹  Yukishige Maezawa² 

[1] Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corporation. 1, Komukai-Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki 2128582, Japan; E-Mails:;Belonging to the above organization at that time the research reported in this paper was conducted; E-Mail:

关键词: R&D management;    management of eco-technology;    future research;    eco-value evaluation;    organizational learning;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su3081282

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Although research and development (R&D) affects new value-added creation, including that related to environmental aspects, there is little literature dealing with the integration of R&D management and eco-value. Here, eco-value of technology is defined as the advantage of environmental competitiveness in the market. This paper proposes a framework of R&D management of eco-technology (RDMOET), consisting of: (1) future research for sustainability; (2) making an original eco-theme portfolio and roadmap; (3) gap analysis and implementation of new eco-themes; and (4) eco-value evaluation. (1) and (4) are new processes compared with conventional R&D management. Through practice at the Corporate R&D Center of Toshiba Corporation, the usefulness of the proposed framework is verified from the viewpoint of not only technological eco-innovation, but also that of organizational learning for environmental sustainability.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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