prevails in non-equilibrium evolutionary economics when regional policy issues are examined. This is more than surprising since … proponents of evolutionary economics usually view their approach as incompatible with its neoclassical counterpart. In addition … approach from undermining its own criticism of neoclassical economics and to create a consistent as well as objective …

(co-)evolutionary approaches from environmental and innovation economics to fill this gap. It is argued that both … approaches have their merits and limits concerning a theory and policy of ecoinnovation. Neoclassical methods are most elaborated … question is if innovations toward sustainability can be treated like normal innovations or if a specific theory and policy are …