Full Description
Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in the rapidly growing field of eco-innovation research, adopts an interdisciplinary perspective and outlines the main future developmental trends. A broad range of topics are addressed, including a bibliometric analysis of eco-innovation research, the relationship between eco-innovation and corporate sustainability, eco-innovation system analysis, new evidence on the economic effects of eco-innovation, and the relevance of policy and policy mixes for eco-innovation activities. The book is dedicated to Klaus Rennings, one of the most important representatives of this field, who unexpectedly passed away in September 2015.
Contents
New Developments in Eco-Innovation Research: Aim of the Book and Overview of the Different Chapters.- Changing Patterns in Eco-Innovation Research: A Bibliometric Analysis.- On the Economic Returns of Eco-Innovation: Where Do We Stand?.- Shaping System Innovation: Transformative Environmental Policies.- Outlook: Can Environmental Product Standards Enable Eco-Innovation?.- Disentanglin Technological Innovations: A Micro-econometric Analysis of Their Determinants.- The Impact of Resource Efficiency Measures on Performance in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.- Good Enough. Are Socially Responsible Companies the More Successful Environmental Innovators?.- Environmental Innovation and Corporate Sustainability: A 15-year Comparison Based on Survey Data.- Effects of Innovation and Domestic Market Factors on OECD Countries' Exports of Wind Power Technologies.- Exploring the Role of Instrument Design and Instrument Interaction for Eco-Innovation: A Survey-based Analysis of Renewable Energy Innovation in Germany.- Corporate Social Responsibility in the Fashion Industry - How Eco-Innovations Can Lead to a (More) Sustainable Business Model in the Fashion Industry.- Towards a Dynamic Understanding of Innovation Systems: An Integrated TIS-MLP Approach for Wind Turbines.
