Lead firms and the governance of supply chain eco-innovation | Sustainable Consumption Institute

Lead firms and the governance of supply chain eco-innovation

This project studies the role that lead firms (retailers and branded manufacturers) play in the coordination and governance of eco-innovation processes within their supply chains. It does so by combining theoretical insights from the literatures on innovation systems and global value chain governance.

Project leader

Professor Andrew McMeekin

Professor of Innovation

Project leader

Professor Frank Geels

Professor of System Innovation and Sustainability

Project leader

Dr Josephine Mylan

Research Fellow

Mylan, J., Geels, F. W., Gee, S., McMeekin, A. & Foster, C. (2014) Eco-innovation and retailers in milk, beef and bread chains: enriching environmental supply chain management with insights from innovation studies, Journal of Cleaner Production.

Abstract

Gee, S. & Uyarra, E. (2013) 'A role for public procurement in system innovation: The transformation of the Greater Manchester (UK) waste system', Technology Assessment and Strategic Management.

Foster, C., McMeekin, A. & Mylan, J. (2012) 'The entanglement of consumer expectations and eco-innovation pathways: the case of orange juice', Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 24 (4), pp. 391-405.

This paper uses the history of orange juice to examine the dynamics of innovation sequences that have emerged to solve a series of problems associated with the production and consumption of orange juice, the latest being carbon.