TY - JOUR T1 - Sustainable Innovation: A Competitive Advantage for Innovation Ecosystems JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Kaisa Oksanen A1 - Antti Hautamäki KW - innovation KW - innovation ecosystem KW - sustainability KW - sustainable innovation KW - well-being AB - In this article, we elaborate the emerging concept of sustainable innovation and analyze the relevance of innovation as a means to solve wicked problems and enhancing sustainable well-being. We also examine the changing conditions for innovation creation: building global knowledge hubs and local innovation ecosystems. As a result, the drivers of innovation and opportunities to utilize the untapped innovation potential of people outside traditional innovation contexts are expanded and diversified. Ultimately, the success of sustainable innovation constitutes its impact on the well-being of people and vice versa: sustainable well-being is an important source of innovation and growth. The article adds to the conceptual development of sustainable innovation and its motivation, which lies in combining competitiveness, the well-being of people, and inclusive solutions. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/934 IS - 10 U1 - Prime Minister’s Office, Finland Kaisa Oksanen, PhD, is a Senior Specialist at the Prime Minister’s Office, Finland. Her key expertise is related to foresight, socio-technical change, and innovation ecosystems. Previously, she worked at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, working with foresight and bio-economy transition. Her background is in social and political sciences, and she has done research on systemic innovation, futures studies, science and innovation policy, service innovation, and sustainable well-being. She has also worked as a research coordinator and innovation researcher in the Agora Center at the University of Jyväskylä and in Finland’s Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku. U2 - University of Jyväskylä Antti Hautamäki, PhD, now a Professor Emeritus, was a Research Professor of Service Innovation and the Director of Agora Center at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. Antti has published and edited about thirty books and published two hundred articles about philosophy, cognitive science, and innovation. Currently, he works in his firm: Consulting Sustainable Innovation. ER -