Do government policies foster environmental performance of enterprises from CEE region?

Artikel

In recent years, EU countries, including these from the Central Eastern European (CEE) region has recognised, that eco-innovation should be treated as strategic priority of their economies. The aim of this paper is to present a cross-country analysis of the connection between eco-innovation and its main drivers within firms from selected CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania) and Germany. The empirical part is based on micro-data for Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2006-2008. Based on the results of stepwise regression between main policy actions sustaining innovation activity and eco-innovation performance we can conclude, that financial support for innovation activities has a rather limited role in promoting eco-innovation. At the same time enterprises from the CEE region regard environmental regulations as the most important drivers of eco-innovation. In Germany, a country ranked in the highest category in the Eco-Innovation Scoreboard, the variety of forces that influence eco-innovation is much more wide-ranging. This indicates that government actions should take a broader look and lay the more general bases fostering the model of a green growth.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe ; ISSN: 2082-6737 ; Volume: 19 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 45-67 ; Warsaw: De Gruyter

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Central and Eastern Europe ; Eco-innovation ; Environmental regulations ; Community Innovation Survey (CIS)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lewandowska, Małgorzata
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): De Gruyter
• (where): Warsaw
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1515/cer-2016-0020
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/184397
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET