This Special Issue focuses on the study of Sustainability-Oriented Innovations (SOIs).
Our purpose is to shed light on the SOIs literature regarding their determining factors, implications and
new challenges for the future. In this editorial, we are delighted to present the three papers included
in this Special Issue. Each of them tackles di erent issues related to SOIs having important academic
and managerial implications. Two papers analyze the influence of SOIs on urban development and
resource productivity, respectively, and the third studies SOIs determinants, in particular, cooperation
networks. Moreover, two of the papers analyze SOIs considering territory (cities or countries) as
their unit of analysis while the third focuses on firms. This denotes that SOIs’ actions are important
whatever the level of analysis and as either a determinant or a consequence.
