Greentech Innovation and Diffusion : A Financial Economics and Firm-Level Perspective

by Philipp H. Hoff

The world is going green. As it does so, researchers are increasingly trying to improve our understanding of how environmental innovation can be generated and spread across markets. Most previous studies, however, have focused on technology and not on the actual instrument of change: the greentech firm. Philipp Hoff, author of the present study, attempts to correct this imbalance by providing insights into the emerging German greentech industry. He develops and tests an integrated, interdisciplinary theoretical framework for assessing the relationships between innovation, growth and financing from a firm-level perspective, overcoming objections put forth by contemporary business research in the fields referred to

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Hoff, Philipp H.
Publisher:	Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag
Subject:	Unternehmen \| Enterprise \| Umwelttechnik \| Environmental technology \| Innovation \| Innovationsdiffusion \| Innovation diffusion \| Deutschland \| Umweltschutzindustrie \| Diffusion <Wirtschaft> \| Unternehmenswachstum \| Finanzierung \| Umweltverträgliches Produkt
Description of contents:	Review of Existing Knowledge about Greentech -- Review of Other Relevant Literature -- Theoretical Framework -- Empirical Analysis Table of Contents [d-nb.info] ; Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de] ; Description [deposit.dnb.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (XXIII, 258p. 51 illus, digital)
Series:	Schriften zum europäischen Management SpringerLink / Bücher
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF NOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS1; ABSTRACT; ZUSAMMENFASSUNG; 1Introduction; 1.1 Motivation for this research; 1.2 Research questions and contributions; 1.3 Organization of research; 1.4 Scope and limitations; 2 REVIEW OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GREENTECH; 2.1 Definitions and terminology; 2.1.1 Greentech; 2.1.2 Clean energy versus greentech; 2.2 The five perspectives covered by greentech business research; 2.2.1 The sustainability perspective; 2.2.2 The entrepreneurial perspective 2.2.3 The innovation and diffusion perspective2.2.4 The policy and regulation perspective; 2.2.5 The finance perspective; 2.2.6 Conclusion - A plea for a financial economics and firm-level analysis; 3REVIEW OF OTHER RELEVANT LITERATURE; 3.1 Innovation and diffusion - A focus of technology; 3.1.1 Definitions and terminology; 3.1.1.1 Invention and innovation; 3.1.1.2 Innovation and diffusion; 3.1.2 The evolutionary process of technology innovation and its diffusion; 3.1.3 Drivers of technology innovation and diffusion; 3.1.4 Empirical evidence about technology innovation and diffusion 3.1.5 Conclusion - The parallels between technology and firm development3.2 Innovation - A basis for corporate development; 3.2.1 Theory of innovative firms; 3.2.2 Empirical evidence about innovative firms; 3.2.3 Conclusion - Characterizing innovative firms; 3.3 Growth - A measure of corporate development; 3.3.1 Patterns of growth; 3.3.2 Theory of firm growth; 3.3.3 Empirical evidence about growing firms and the corporate lifecycle; 3.3.4 Conclusion - Characterizing growth firms; 3.4 Financial economics - A necessity for corporate development; 3.4.1 Definitions and terminology 3.4.2 Corporate finance and capital structure theory3.4.3 SME finance and the importance of firm demographics; 3.4.4 Empirical evidence about SME finance, capital structure and firm demographics; 3.4.5 Conclusion - Characterizing financial structures and constraints; 3.5 Public policy - Bypassing financial constraints; 3.5.1 The gap theory and the one-firm, one-technology case; 3.5.2 The status quo for greentech policy measures in Germany; 3.5.3 Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of firm-level support programs; 3.5.4 Conclusion - Policy effectiveness at the level of the firm 4 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK4.1 Interdisciplinary summary of the main findings from previous chapters; 4.2 The chicken and egg problem - A causality dilemma in interdisciplinary research; 4.3 Formulating an integrated framework; 4.3.1 Innovation, growth and capital demand; 4.3.2 Innovation, growth and capital supply; 4.3.3 Merging capital demand and supply; 4.3.4 Implications and derivation of research hypotheses; 4.4 Conclusion - Proposition of an integrated framework; 5 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; 5.1 Research methodology; 5.1.1 Overall empirical strategy and approach; 5.1.2 Sample and response 5.1.3 Questionnaire development
ISBN:	978-3-8349-3601-1 ; 978-3-8349-3600-4
Other identifiers:	10.1007/978-3-8349-3601-1 [DOI]
Classification:	Umwelttechnik: Allgemeines
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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