This article has an exploratory nature and it illustrates the main eco-innovation trends existing in the European … environmentally responsible innovation. The value of this research lies in approaching an innovative subject, in the context of a lack … of consolidated data on eco-innovation in Romanian companies, particularly in the construction sector. …

This paper reviews the recent experience of Germany in encouraging innovation to reduce negative environmental impacts … of economic activity. The essence of the German approach to policy-induced environmental innovation is discussed in the … transportation. The paper covers environmental and general innovation policies and the cross-cutting issue of policy co …

Purpose Eco-innovation is any form of product, process or organisational innovation that contributes towards … sustainable development. Firms can eco-innovate in a variety of ways. In this paper we identify nine different eco-innovation …/ Approach Using data for over 2,000 Irish firms collected in a special module included in the sixth Community Innovation Survey …

Abstract Purpose - Recent OECD (2010, 2011) reports argue that eco-innovation is the key to realising growth. The … purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers of eco-innovation and to compare the impact of eco-innovation and non-eco-innovation … stimulating eco-innovation. Design/methodology/approach - The approach utilised by this paper is empirical in nature. A modified …

are related to specific low-carbon eco-innovation projects in leading companies in Brazil operating in some of the most … sustainable supply chains in the country. As a consequence, this study qualitatively analysed three cases of low carbon eco-innovation … HCSF in the area of product innovation. In contrast, organisations whose practices for mitigating climate change were in …

In this paper we offer a discussion of eco-innovation and methods for measuring it. Eco-innovation is a new concept of … sector. We argue that eco-innovation research and data collection should not be limited to such environmentally motivated … should be broadened to include innovation in or oriented towards resource use, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reduction …

levels. We derive implications with regard to the importance of learning to eco-innovation. …

In this paper we offer a discussion of eco-innovation and methods for measuring it. Eco-innovation is a new concept of … sector. We argue that eco-innovation research and data collection should not be limited to such environmentally motivated … should be broadened to include innovation in or oriented towards resource use, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reduction …

This Policy Brief presents recent results on the impact that an open innovation mode has on European firms … innovation performance of firms. However, the way firms search for external knowledge and work to absorb it can lead them to … different results, depending on whether they are involved in the adoption of an eco-innovation or the extension of their eco-innovation …