This paper examines the determinants, that influence the environmental innovation behaviour of companies in Germany in … structures of the determinants of environmental innovation, as well as the specific impact of environmental policy instruments as … an integral part of this framework. The pressure of environmental policy instruments on the innovation behaviour of …

In modern growth theory, innovation has been acknowledged to be the engine of economic growth and prosperity. However …, from a social perspective, firms might underinvest in R&D and innovation because of market failures that drive a wedge … between private and social returns to R&D. Therefore, governments around the world are trying to foster innovation by supply …