a unique database combining the Community Innovation Survey 2014 for Germany and NUTS 3 data on renewable energy plants … regulation, government subsidies for eco-innovation, high energy costs and regional knowledge spillovers contribute to a rapid …

Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms' innovation activities that both supplement and … complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of … nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …

are induced by regulations. However, innovation that increases a firm's material or energy efficiency in terms of material … voluntary innovations, although the effect is significantly larger for regulation-driven innovation. We conclude that the Porter … hypothesis does not hold in general for its strong version but has to be qualified by the type of environmental innovation. Our …

Community Innovation Survey conducted in 2009. The main purpose of the paper is to test whether different types of eco … the role of energy and raw materials prices as well as taxation as drivers for eco-innovation. Customer requirements are …