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Eco-Innovation: Drivers, Barriers and Effects – A European Perspective
This paper determines the key drivers, barriers and effects of eco-innovation, in comparison to innovation in general. It further distinguishes between different types of eco-innovations to better capture their heterogeneous nature. It uses two different data sets (1) the Community Innovation Survey 2014 (CIS-2014) for a large sample of EU Member States, further split up into three groups in accordance with their eco-innovation performance; (2) the German Mannheim Innovation Panel to address additional drivers the CIS-2014 is unable to capture. Results show that both R&D investments and complementary fixed capital investments are key drivers of eco-innovation, with differences across country groups. Results from the German sample further emphasise that expected future demand, rising costs for energy and other resources and the wish to improve one's reputation and the need to meet industry standards help spur eco-innovation, while public policy is only of limited importance. In contrast, international market orientation turns out to be a barrier for eco-innovation. By and large, eco‑innovations also have a productivity-enhancing effect which is however lower as compared to innovations in general.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: wiiw Working Paper ; No. 159
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Technological Change: Government Policy
- Subject
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eco-innovation
demand pull
technology push
public policy
Europe
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Leitner, Sandra M.
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Veröffentlichung
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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
- (where)
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Vienna
- (when)
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2018
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Leitner, Sandra M.
- The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
Time of origin
- 2018
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