Using a firm-level dataset from the Spanish Technological Innovation Panel (2003-2016), this study explores the characteristics of environmentally innovative firms and quantifies the effects of pursuing different types of environmental innovation strategies (resource-saving, pollution-reducing,...

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of environmental innovation constituting product innovation (PDI) and process innovation (PCI) on firms' financial performance (FFP). It also inquires the mediating roles of environmental management accounting (EMA) and the...

Using the Mannheim Innovation Panel, we explore whether Environmental Innovator Firms (EIFs) have higher financial needs and are more financially constrained than Non-Environmental Innovator firms (OIFs). We find that EIFs are more likely to have higher latent financial need in comparison to...

Unabhängig von ihrer Größe engagieren sich viele Unternehmen aufgrund ihrer eigenen Werthaltung gegen den Klimawandel. Zusätzliche Marktchancen bringen jedoch nur wenige Unternehmen mit dem Klimawandel in Verbindung. Stattdessen nehmen insbesondere kleine Unternehmen die zusätzliche...

New environmental technologies (environmental/eco-innovations) are often regarded as potential job creators—in addition to their positive effects on the environment. Environmental regulation may induce innovations that are accompanied by positive growth and employment effects. Recent empirical...

Assessing the economic consequences of sustainable production choices aimed at reducing environmental negative externalities is crucial for policy making, in light of the increasing interest and awareness experienced in the recent EU policy packages (Circular Economy package; European Green Deal...

Applying clustering techniques, this paper identifies homogeneous groups of enterprises within the heterogeneous landscape of the italian manufacturing tissue. The algorithm will be fed with data from a survey on a cross-section of SMEs in 2019. The set of questions span from economic and...

This paper builds on the available knowledge on what drives firms’ production choices towards circular economy practices to shed new light on a so far quite neglected dimension: the role of organizational settings. Being the transition to a more circular economy systemic in nature, itdraws not...

Using data from a sample of 4863 international firms corresponding to the period 2002-2017, this paper examines the role that chief executive officer (CEO) power plays in environmental innovation and the impact that these strategies have on financial performance. Both issues have been the...