Knowledge and Innovation Management to Support Supply Chain Innovation and Sustainability Practices

ABSTRACT

This paper extends exploratory research on the contribution of knowledge and innovation management (KIM) to innovation and sustainability activities across a number of small to medium size Australian food and beverage exporters in Australia, as part of a longitudinal research study. Recent trends in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) in global supply chains see a greater focus on achieving more social and transformational forms of sustainability, in addition to traditional economic or environmental approaches.

KEYWORDS:

• Knowledge management
• innovation
• supply chains
• sustainable development

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council.

Notes on contributors

Marianne Gloet

Marianne Gloet is a Research Associate in the Centre for Workplace Leadership at the University of Melbourne and an Associate Member of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University. She is also a Lecturer in Business and Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Marianne has over 30 years of experience as an educator, researcher and senior academic manager in higher education institutions, including RMIT University (in Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur), Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, and the University of Melbourne. Along with Professor Danny Samson, Marianne coauthored Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Creating New Value (Oxford University Press).

Danny Samson

Danny Samson is a Professor of Management at the University of Melbourne (since 1988), was Head of the Department of Management in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce for 3 years (2002-4), and is Director of the Foundation for Sustainable Economic Development there. He has published over 100 academic research articles in journals, and his book titles include Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Creating Value (with Marianne Gloet), Managerial Decision Analysis, Production and Operations Management, Management for Engineers (3 editions), Patterns of Excellence, Technology Management, E Business: Value for Managers, and Management: Asia Pacific (4 editions, an industry-leading book).