Dr Rosina Watson, Head of the Sustainable Business Group and Associate Professor of Sustainability at Cranfield School of Management has won the 2023 Abbie Griffin High Impact Award for a research article about environmental innovation in business.
The paper, "Harnessing Difference: A Capability-Based Framework for Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Innovation", was co-written with Emma K.McDonald, Hugh N. Wilson and Palie Smart, and published in 2017 in the Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM).
The Abbie Griffin High Impact Award is given to authors of the JPIM article that have made the most significant contributions to the theory and practice of innovation management. The JPIM is an interdisciplinary, international journal that seeks to advance theoretical and managerial knowledge of innovation management and product development.
Commenting on the accolade, Dr Watson said: "As a former sustainability practitioner turned academic – the impact of my research on encouraging more sustainable management practice, particularly through innovation, is very important to me, and I am delighted that this paper is being read and used by so many other academics."
The award was presented during the 2023 PDMA (Product Development and Management Association) conference in New Orleans which took place from September 16-17.
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