Analysing sustainability in project life cycle and business models from the perspective of the sustainable innovation drivers

摘要

Over the last decade, companies have been including social and environmental strategies in response to stakeholders demand. Efforts are been made to identify when a sustainable strategy can improve economic performance. Innovation is seen as the panacea, but recently, researchers have found that these innovations are really effective when are applied not only to products and process but to the entirely business model. The change of firms to this new stage in innovation management is not easy, but tools like sustainable project management could provide some answers. This study compares two models found in recent literature: the Sustainability in the Project Life Cycle Model (SPLC) and the Sustainable Business Model (SBM).