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International private and public reinforcing dependencies for the innovation of automotive emission control systems in Japan and USA

Bauner, David - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 45 (2011) 5, pp. 375-388

In the beginning of the 1970s, the economies of USA and Japan were growing fast and environmental pollution was increasing to alarming levels. As passenger car emissions were found to be significant and rapidly increasing, their reduction was specially targeted. Following a bill passed by US...

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The innovation effects of environmental policy instruments — A typical case of the blind men and the elephant?

Kemp, René; Pontoglio, Serena - In: Ecological Economics 72 (2011) C, pp. 28-36

In this paper we examine the innovation effects of environmental policy instruments in four literatures: theoretical … models on incentives for eco-innovation, econometric studies based on observed data, survey analysis based on stated … the theoretical and econometric literature such as the specifics of the innovation context and policy interaction effects …

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Command-and-control revisited: Environmental compliance and technological change in Swedish industry 1970–1990

Bergquist, Ann-Kristin; Söderholm, Kristina; Kinneryd, … - In: Ecological Economics 85 (2013) C, pp. 6-19

, environmental innovation, and permitted the affected companies to coordinate pollution abatement measures with productive …

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Public energy performance policy and the effect on diffusion of solar thermal systems in buildings: A Dutch experience

Beerepoot, M. - In: Renewable Energy 32 (2007) 11, pp. 1882-1897

Energy performance policy is an important element in the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Directive 2002/91/EC—in short: EPBD, published 4 January 2003), which the European Commission is now urging all European member states to introduce for the building sector by 2006. One...

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Energy self-sufficiency of smallholder oil palm processing in Nigeria

Ohimain, Elijah I.; Izah, Sylvester C. - In: Renewable Energy 63 (2014) C, pp. 426-431

The study evaluated the contribution of various energy sources to the smallholder processing of oil palm in Nigeria. Ten small-scale palm oil processing mills were visited at Elele, River State, Nigeria for sample collection. The weight of the various solid wastes generated and utilized for...

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Grand missions of agricultural innovation

Wright, Brian D. - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 10, pp. 1716-1728

This paper discusses three related examples of mission-oriented agricultural institutional innovations associated with substantial crop yield increases in the 20th century. It begins with the implementation of the United States Land-Grant System and then discusses in turn the planning and...

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Dominance in the prototyping phase—The case of hydrogen passenger cars

Bakker, Sjoerd; van Lente, Harro; Meeus, Marius T.H. - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 5, pp. 871-883

selection process that already takes place in pre-market R&D stages of technological innovation. In this paper we address the …

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Access to intellectual property for innovation: Evidence on problems and coping strategies from German firms

Mueller, Elisabeth; Cockburn, Iain M.; MacGarvie, Megan - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 529-541

innovation. We present novel data on how frequently innovative German firms encountered problems with access to intellectual … property (IP) for their innovation activities. While a small percentage of firms reported having abandoned or not started … innovation projects because of IP issues, larger fractions reported having pursued their projects after modifying them. Using …

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Innovation across Europe: How important are institutional differences?

Barbosa, Natália; Faria, Ana Paula - In: Research Policy 40 (2011) 9, pp. 1157-1169

important role on innovation activity. In this paper we investigate the relative importance of institutional variation across … European countries in explaining differences in their innovation intensity at the industry level. We employ a novel indicator … of innovation therefore circumventing the limitations of more traditional indicators. Our results are broadly consistent …

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Knowledge sources of entrepreneurship: Firm formation by academic, user and employee innovators

Agarwal, Rajshree; Shah, Sonali K. - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 7, pp. 1109-1133

's (1986) theoretical framework identifying factors that impact a firm's ability to profit from innovation. Doing so allows us …

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