Sustainability innovations and firm competitiveness: A review

The purpose of this article is to map out the currently available research concerning the relationship between sustainability innovations and competitiveness and to identify the contextual factors that mediate and moderate this relationship. The present study is a systematic literature review that includes 100 relevant peer-reviewed publications. We examine the studies’ methodology, industry, sustainability innovation terms, sustainability innovation variables, competitiveness variables, and findings to investigate if, and under what circumstances, there is a positive relationship between sustainability innovations and firm competitiveness. The study concludes that a vast majority of studies found positive…