Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development

Globally, global warming, resource depletion, and increased solid waste volumes have become major concerns for international governments. This paper aims to address Malaysia’s competitiveness in the context of global environmental change by analyzing firms that have incorporate...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf, Hasbullah, Ashari, Mohd Rizal, Razalli
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia 2018
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spelling ump-242012019-03-15T03:22:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24201/ Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf Hasbullah, Ashari Mohd Rizal, Razalli HD28 Management. Industrial Management Globally, global warming, resource depletion, and increased solid waste volumes have become major concerns for international governments. This paper aims to address Malaysia’s competitiveness in the context of global environmental change by analyzing firms that have incorporated environmental technological innovation (ET innovation) in their operations. This paper illustrates the connections between ET innovation and sustainable development and discusses the implementation of ET innovation at a firm level. The firms selected for this study focused on the whole spectrum of ET innovation when implementing their environmental technologies. These firms also targeted international markets with their eco-products and green technologies. However, we established that they need to become more market-oriented during the development of their products and technologies so that they address market needs. The involvement of firms in ET innovation requires significant investment in R&D and the proper management of resources to be successful. Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24201/7/Environmental%20Technological%20Innovation.pdf Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf and Hasbullah, Ashari and Mohd Rizal, Razalli (2018) Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development. International Journal of Technology Management, 9 (8). pp. 1569-1578. ISSN 2289-2753 https://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2748 https://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2748
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf
Hasbullah, Ashari
Mohd Rizal, Razalli
Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development
description Globally, global warming, resource depletion, and increased solid waste volumes have become major concerns for international governments. This paper aims to address Malaysia’s competitiveness in the context of global environmental change by analyzing firms that have incorporated environmental technological innovation (ET innovation) in their operations. This paper illustrates the connections between ET innovation and sustainable development and discusses the implementation of ET innovation at a firm level. The firms selected for this study focused on the whole spectrum of ET innovation when implementing their environmental technologies. These firms also targeted international markets with their eco-products and green technologies. However, we established that they need to become more market-oriented during the development of their products and technologies so that they address market needs. The involvement of firms in ET innovation requires significant investment in R&D and the proper management of resources to be successful.
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author Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf
Hasbullah, Ashari
Mohd Rizal, Razalli
author_facet Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf
Hasbullah, Ashari
Mohd Rizal, Razalli
author_sort Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf
title Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development
title_short Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development
title_full Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development
title_fullStr Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Technological Innovation and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development
title_sort environmental technological innovation and its contribution to sustainable development
publisher Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia
publishDate 2018
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24201/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24201/7/Environmental%20Technological%20Innovation.pdf
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