Key business factors for eco-innovation: an overview of recent firm-level empirical studies
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| contents | Key business factors for eco-innovation: an overview of recent firm-level empirical studies Ángeles Pereira Xavier Vence Administración y Contabilidad Eco firm innovation level determinants environmental strategy The increasing interest in eco-innovation or environmental innovation as a strategy not only to address theserious global environmental problems but also as a source of competitive advantages for companies and for theemergence of new business areas, leads us to try to identify the different factors that act as determinants of itsdevelopment and adoption at the micro level. In this paper we integrate the findings from several recent empiricalstudies according to our own classification of factors derived from the variables used in those analyses. From a conventional perspective we referred to the structural characteristics of firms (size, sector, age), the business logic (cost savings, market expansion) or to its technological competence (R&D, path dependencies, qualificationof staff and management, cooperation and participation in networks, etc.). We added another category to referto organizational or marketing innovations that reflect the existence of a certain environmental strategy within the company. In general, the findings show that factors influencing conventional innovation also work in relation to eco-innovation, in particular those related to cost savings and technological competence. Therefore, along with a stringent environmental regulation (justified because of the specific characteristics of eco-innovation) specific supply and demand side instruments are convenient. Measures to disseminate environmental information amongst all stakeholders can also be very useful to promote environmentally friendly and economically viable products and processes, as well as forms of organization and new business. 2012 artículo científico 1131-6837 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=274323552003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2743 Cuadernos de Gestión application/pdf Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Cuadernos de Gestión (España) Vol.12 |
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| spellingShingle | Key business factors for eco-innovation: an overview of recent firm-level empirical studies Ángeles Pereira Administración y Contabilidad Eco firm innovation level determinants environmental strategy Key business factors for eco-innovation: an overview of recent firm-level empirical studies Ángeles Pereira Xavier Vence Administración y Contabilidad Eco firm innovation level determinants environmental strategy The increasing interest in eco-innovation or environmental innovation as a strategy not only to address theserious global environmental problems but also as a source of competitive advantages for companies and for theemergence of new business areas, leads us to try to identify the different factors that act as determinants of itsdevelopment and adoption at the micro level. In this paper we integrate the findings from several recent empiricalstudies according to our own classification of factors derived from the variables used in those analyses. From a conventional perspective we referred to the structural characteristics of firms (size, sector, age), the business logic (cost savings, market expansion) or to its technological competence (R&D, path dependencies, qualificationof staff and management, cooperation and participation in networks, etc.). We added another category to referto organizational or marketing innovations that reflect the existence of a certain environmental strategy within the company. In general, the findings show that factors influencing conventional innovation also work in relation to eco-innovation, in particular those related to cost savings and technological competence. Therefore, along with a stringent environmental regulation (justified because of the specific characteristics of eco-innovation) specific supply and demand side instruments are convenient. Measures to disseminate environmental information amongst all stakeholders can also be very useful to promote environmentally friendly and economically viable products and processes, as well as forms of organization and new business. 2012 artículo científico 1131-6837 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=274323552003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2743 Cuadernos de Gestión application/pdf Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Cuadernos de Gestión (España) Vol.12 |
| title | Key business factors for eco-innovation: an overview of recent firm-level empirical studies |
| topic | Administración y Contabilidad Eco firm innovation level determinants environmental strategy |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=274323552003 |