Challenge-Based Learning, Research, and Innovation: Leveraging Industry, Government, and Society

Challenge-based research aims to address societal and environmental problems by transforming existing businesses into profitable ventures through co-creation and co-evolution. This book discusses how social challenges can be linked with the industrial value chain through collaborative research, knowledge sharing, and technology transfer. It presents the RISE paradigm, which integrates people, planet, and profit as critical constructs for socio-economic and regional development. The book analyzes possible approaches to linking challenge-based research with social and industrial innovations in various sectoral challenges and will be a valuable resource for researchers interested in these topics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 223 pages
Publication date: 30 April 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Challenge-based research is a powerful approach to addressing societal and environmental problems. By transforming existing businesses into profitable ventures through co-creation and co-evolution, researchers can create value and drive positive change. This book, drawing on the resource-based view, explores how social challenges can be linked with the industrial value chain through collaborative research, knowledge sharing, and technology transfer.

The work is divided into three sections. Part 1 discusses social challenges, triple bottom line, and entrepreneurship as drivers for research, learning, and innovation. Part 2 links challenge-based research to social and industrial development in emerging markets. The final section considers research-based innovation and the role of technology, with the final chapter bridging concepts and practices to shape the future of society and industry.

The authors present the RISE paradigm, which integrates people (society), planet (sustainability), and profit (industry and business) as critical constructs for socio-economic and regional development. They argue that the converging of society and industry is essential for the business ecosystem to stay competitive in the marketplace. This book analyzes possible approaches to linking challenge-based research with social and industrial innovations in the context of sectoral challenges like food production, housing, energy, biotechnology, and sustainability.

It will serve as a valuable resource to researchers interested in topics such as social challenges, innovation, technology, sustainability, and society-industry linkage. By combining the expertise of researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers, challenge-based research can lead to innovative solutions that address complex societal and environmental problems.

Weight: 447g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031291555
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023