Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in the Cocoa Industry: A Case Study in Brazil

Fernanda Santana Silva Ferreira (), Erica Trica Fedato (), Mayara Neco () and Fernanda Salvador Alves ()
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Fernanda Santana Silva Ferreira: Postgraduate Program in Administration of Universidade Federal do Paraná
Erica Trica Fedato: Postgraduate Program in Administration of Universidade Federal do Paraná
Mayara Neco: Postgraduate Program in Administration of Universidade Federal do Paraná
Fernanda Salvador Alves: Postgraduate Program in Administration of Universidade Federal do Paraná

A chapter in Human-Centred Technology Management for a Sustainable Future, 2025, pp 275-283 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Sustainability is a challenge for contemporary society and a potential source of innovation for organizations. This qualitative case study analyzed, through secondary data, what innovations (product, process, organizational, marketing) are developed by Dengo Chocolates (an industry in the Brazilian cocoa sector) in pursuit of the sustainability tripod. The results indicate that the company develops the four types of innovation, with an emphasis on product innovation. The environmental dimension of sustainability is more affected by its innovations, to the detriment of the economic dimension. Future studies can investigate the economic sustainability of companies with a socio-environmental purpose. Furthermore, it is suggested that additional studies be carried out on SOI in small and medium-sized Brazilian companies, considering that these constitute the majority of commercial enterprises in the country.

Keywords: Sustainability-oriented innovation; Innovation; Cocoa sector; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72490-9_27

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