Due to the environmental challenges associated with the strong growth of plastic waste worldwide, the EU Commission recently published a green paper on a European Strategy on Plastic Waste in the Environment (COM (2013), 123 final), which highlights the challenges and opportunities that arise...

Ein in den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften weit verbreiteter Ansatz zur Analyse sozio-technischer Transformationsprozesse ist die Multi Level Perspective (MLP). Bei der Analyse der aktuellen Umbrüche in der Automobilbranche, die vor allem durch das Aufkommen der Elektromobilität und die...

The paper asks how the modal shift from road to rail in the freight sector is sup-ported by institutional change. Following North (1990), institutions are understood as the "rules of the game" in the rail freight sector. Based on the literature on institutional change, four different...

This paper contributes to the discussion about the globalization of corporate R&D by analyzing R&D strategies of environmental technology companies. Data is generated from a survey among German applicants for environmental technology patents. The survey elucidates motives and functions of...