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Determinants of eco-innovation at the firm level

In: Handbook of Sustainable Innovation

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  • Jens Horbach

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A large and growing literature on the determinants of eco-innovations has emerged. Despite different databases of surveys or patents and geographical backgrounds, common main stylized facts can be observed. Environmental regulations and cost -savings are important motivations for the introduction of eco-innovations. Environmental management systems improve the information basis on environmentally related issues within the firms and thus their eco-innovation performance. The demand pull hypothesis also holds for eco-innovations. Compared to other innovations, external information sources seem to be more important for eco-innovations. After a thorough discussion of the concept of eco-innovation in the context of the sustainability literature, the chapter summarizes the main research on the theoretical and empirical determinants of eco-innovation. The focus lies on econometric analyses at the firm level.

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  • Jens Horbach, 2019. "Determinants of eco-innovation at the firm level," Chapters, in: Frank Boons & Andrew McMeekin (ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Innovation, chapter 4, pages 60-77, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Jens Horbach, 2020. "The Importance of regional Spill-over Effects for Eco-Innovations in German Start-ups," SEEDS Working Papers 1620, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies, revised Dec 2020.
    2. Losacker, Sebastian & Hansmeier, Hendrik & Horbach, Jens & Liefner, Ingo, 2021. "The geography of environmental innovation: A critical review and agenda for future research," Papers in Innovation Studies 2021/15, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

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