Determinants and Specificities of Eco-Innovations Compared to Other Innovations—An Econometric Analysis for the French and German Industry Based on the Community Innovation Survey

Horbach, Jens; Oltra, Vanessa; Belin, Jean

doi:10.1080/13662716.2013.833375

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“…At the same time, the environment in Estonia has to be considered favorable in terms of both aspects. This finding responds to the conclusions of Horbach et al [40] that Eastern European countries are less eco-innovative compared to the other EU countries. The hypothesis H5 is confirmed only partially, because: 1) Estonia rates human resources aspects more important among the Baltic States; 2) Latvia rates both factors higher than Lithuania.…”

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“…As both eco-innovations and SMEs are recognized as significant and important drivers in the sustainable economic development, the studies have been performed in several countries and on the EU level. Various aspects of eco-innovation development, including the determinants (drivers and barriers), have been evaluated by scholars [13][14][15][16][17].…”

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Factors influencing Latvian small and medium enterprises towards eco-innovation

Melece¹,

Hazners²

2017

Engineering for Rural Development

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Abstract. Although small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of national economies, they face many barriers and constraints towards innovations, particularly eco-innovations. In the European Union (EU) eco-innovations had been recognized as an important contributor for sustainable and green growth. The aim of the study is two-fold: 1) to determine the main barriers of eco-innovations' development in Latvia; 2) to compare the state of the main identified barriers among the EU countries. The main barriers of eco-innovations are identified via statistical analysis of SMEs managers' attitudes, using the Eurobarometer survey questionnaire. Performing the statistical analysis two factors are extracted, which account 81.7 % of the common variance, and are indicated as the main barriers for eco-innovation. These factors are financial resources (72.3 % of total variance) and human resources (9.4 % of total variance). Latvia and Lithuania score similarly both factors, but Estonia rates the environment as the most important, leaving human resources on the second position. Using the factors as dimensions all EU countries show differences in the rates between the four clusters.Keywords: eco-innovations, factor analysis, barriers, SMEs, survey. IntroductionThe European Union (EU) strategy and policy, which is supported by legislation package, strongly turns the economic development towards sustainability. Sustainable growth is one of the priorities of the EU strategy; and is based on three pillars: economic, environmental and social. It contains initiatives supporting the green growth (e.g., circular economy), resource efficiency, zero waste programs, including the support of eco-innovations [1][2][3][4]. The resource-efficiency is a key strategy of eco-efficiency and considerably the main target of eco-innovations [5][6].At the same time, the measures related to the "green" development of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), for instance "Green Action Plan for SMEs", are also created [4]. Furthermore, it is confirmed worldwide that SMEs are the economic backbone, as well as of the EU [7][8]. SMEs represent over 90 % of all EU businesses and account for two out of three jobs; and in 2014 accounted for 67 % of total employment and 58 % of total value added in the EU average (EU-28) non-financial business, but in Latvia -79 % of total employment and 69 % of total value added [9].Although, the common concept and definition of eco-innovation being still in the developing stage [10], the shortest and the latest version has been given by the Eco-Innovation Observatory as -"…any innovation that reduces the use of natural resources and decreases the release of harmful substances across the whole life-cycle" [6]. The Eco-innovation index, which represents ecoinnovation performance across the EU Member States, shows that the level of eco-innovation capacity of Latvian enterprises among the EU-28 is rather low, because Latvia is on the 20th position with the eco-innovation index 75 (EU average -100) [11].Despite eco-inno...

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Section: Fig 2 Factor Scores Of Eu Countries After Varimax Rotationcontrasting

confidence: 50%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors influencing Latvian small and medium enterprises towards eco-innovation

Melece¹,

Hazners²

2017

Engineering for Rural Development

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“…Other studies demonstrate that green innovations are more cooperation-intensive than general innovations [10,22,41,45,46]. According to Yarahmadi [41], firms may form green partnerships to obtain legitimacy from stakeholders and comply with environmental laws and regulations, or it can represent an opportunity to join evolving market for green innovations.…”

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“…Other studies on green innovation determinants [10,24] confirm that regulation and cost savings cover a critical role into pushing eco-innovation, even if green innovation today is proactively driven by entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial initiatives.…”

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Types of Green Innovations: Ways of Implementation in a Non-Green Industry

2017

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Attention to environmental sustainability represents an essential issue for the companies that, in order to integrate environment into their strategies, are producing specific innovations that have also positive environmental outcomes. Implementing green innovations represents a great challenge for non-green companies because it often requires the acquisition of new resources and competences that differ significantly from their existing competences. This paper attempts to propose a theoretical framework that classifies green innovations according their impact on company's competences and analyses how green innovations can be implemented. Given the complexity of the issue and the variability of situations, we use a multiple case study analysis of several green innovations developed in a non-green industry, namely the automotive sector. Indeed, this is one that produces the highest environmental impact and, in recent years, it has been subjected to increasing regulatory restrictions. Companies operating in a non-green industry that implement disruptive, radical and architectural green innovations can initiate market and technological partnerships to mitigate against such internal weaknesses, such as the lack of technological capabilities and market knowledge. The collaboration helps firms to access new competences and capabilities useful to change or develop new technology capabilities and market knowledge more easily and with lower costs.

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Role of entrepreneurial opportunity identification factors in the eco‐innovation of agribusiness

2020

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Agribusiness is central to human life, and eco-innovation is the key driving force behind economic and ecological growth. However, in developing countries, setting economic and environmental goals remains challenging for entrepreneurs. This article focuses on the perceived role of entrepreneurial opportunity identification (EOI) factors on eco-innovation in Tunisian agribusiness. A combination of external and sustainable factors was used to create an integrated model to assess the potential of EOI for stimulating eco-innovation and sustainable development. Structural equation modelling was used to explore the positive effect of these factors and investigate the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness. The findings confirm (a) the positive influence of EOI factors on eco-innovation, which serves as an innovative way for entrepreneurs to gain profits; (b) entrepreneurial alertness constitutes the most important factor for adopting eco-innovation; (c) entrepreneurial alertness plays a mediating role between (1) prior knowledge and (2) social networks and eco-innovation.

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Determinants and Specificities of Eco-Innovations Compared to Other Innovations—An Econometric Analysis for the French and German Industry Based on the Community Innovation Survey

Cited by 318 publications

References 26 publications

Factors influencing Latvian small and medium enterprises towards eco-innovation

Factors influencing Latvian small and medium enterprises towards eco-innovation

Types of Green Innovations: Ways of Implementation in a Non-Green Industry

Role of entrepreneurial opportunity identification factors in the eco‐innovation of agribusiness

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