Low carbon innovation and enterprise growth in the UK: Challenges of a place-blind policy mix

Uyarra, Elvira; Shapira, Philip; Harding, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2015.10.008

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“…These range from policy studies [7][8][9] to environmental economics [10] [55] and innovation and transition studies [2,4,11]. One focal area of such studies has been the interactions of different policy instruments, both between policy instruments in specific policy sub-domains, such as energy efficiency policy (e.g.…”

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The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

Rosenow

Kern

Rogge

2017

Energy Research & Social Science

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A B S T R A C TTo meet global climate goals an energy transition is needed. However, energy transitions are complex and longterm processes and require a variety of public policy interventions to steer their direction and speed to achieve global climate change mitigation targets. One area where policy support is required is energy efficiency, which offers a high potential for carbon savings. It is widely acknowledged that energy efficiency improvements will need to be faster and deeper than is currently the case and this requires policy instrument mixes to support both those energy efficiency measures that are simple and cost-effective as well as more complex and costly technologies. In other words, policy mixes need to be well-targeted and comprehensive. In this paper, we address the issue of comprehensiveness in terms of technology-specificity and the level of complexity and costliness of energy efficiency measures. We use an existing dataset produced as part of a pan-European effort to understand instrument mixes in 14 EU Member States in the area of energy efficiency. Based on the empirical analysis and our segmentation of instrument types and their role in the overall mix, we illustrate the need for using a comprehensive instrument mix rather than single instruments.

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The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

Rosenow

Kern

Rogge

2017

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…The resulting unique dataset collected in 2014 allows us to econometrically analyze the link between policy mix characteristics and green innovation, thereby supplementing patent-based evidence presented by Costantini et al (2017), suggesting a key role of the comprehensiveness and balance of instrument mixes for patenting activity in energy efficiency. While our study concerns Germany, its insights provide research and policy implications which are also relevant to other regions and countries interested in harnessing the low-carbon market opportunities arising from the Paris Agreement, such as China, California, and the UK (Cai and Zhou, 2014;Diaz Anadon et al, 2014;Uyarra et al, 2016).…”

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Do Policy Mix Characteristics Matter for Low-Carbon Innovation? A Survey-Based Exploration for Renewable Power Generation Technologies in Germany

Rogge

Schleich

2017

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Article (Accepted Version)http://sro.sussex.ac.uk Rogge, Karoline and Schleich, Joachim (2018) Do policy mix characteristics matter for lowcarbon innovation? A survey-based exploration of renewable power generation technologies in Germany. Research Policy, 47 (9). AbstractPolicy mixes may play a crucial role in redirecting and accelerating innovation towards low-carbon solutions, thus addressing a key societal challenge. Towards this end, some argue that the characteristics of such policy mixes matter greatly, yet with little empirical evidence backing up such claims. In this paper we explore this link between policy mix characteristics and low-carbon innovation, using the research case of the transition of the German electricity system towards renewable energy. Our empirical insights are based on an innovation survey administered to German manufacturers of renewable power generation technologies which builds on the Community Innovation Survey. For our purposes we adjusted the survey to better capture companies' perceptions of policy mixes. Employing a bivariate Tobit model we find evidence that companies' perceptions regarding the consistency and credibility of a policy mix are positively associated with their innovation expenditures for renewable energies, and this positive link intensifies when considering the mutual interdependence of these policy mix characteristics. In contrast, neither the comprehensiveness of the instrument mix nor the coherence of policy processes were found to be related to innovation expenditures. Overall, these findings suggest that future research on low-carbon and eco-innovation should pay greater attention to the characteristics of policy mixes, rather than focusing on policy instruments only. Finally, our findings indicate a need to consider how policy may be measured in innovation surveys to generate better informed policy advice regarding the greening of innovation.

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“…As human populations grow, their consumption of natural resources increases, producing environmental pollution, waste, and natural systems degradation (Borland, Ambrosini, Lindgreen, & Vanhamme, ; Howard‐Grenville, Buckle, Hoskins, & George, ; Kelley & Nahser, ; Panwar, Hansen, & Kozak, ; Poisson de Haro & Bitektine, ). In this setting, technology can have double‐edged effects: It can initiate goods and services that facilitate improvements to living conditions, but it also accelerates the destruction of natural environments at an unsustainable pace (Costantini, Crespi, Martini, & Pennacchio, ; Horbach, Rammer, & Rennings, ; Uyarra, Shapira, & Harding, ).…”

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“…The concepts of eco‐innovations (Ghisetti & Pontoni, ; Horbach, ; Marin, Marzucchi, & Zoboli, ; Uyarra et al, ) and sustainability innovations (Staub, Kaynak, & Gok, ) reflect this view. Eco‐innovations consist of new or modified processes, techniques, systems, and products that have been designed explicitly to avoid or reduce environmental damage (Costantini et al, ) and climate change (Uyarra et al, ). Research that seeks to identify catalysts of eco‐innovations uses both theoretical and empirical models and suggests that both technology‐push and demand‐pull forces shape the rates of introduction and diffusion of new environmental technologies, along with public policies (Chassagnon & Haned, ; Del Rio, ; Horbach, ).…”

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Sustainability and sustainable development strategies in the U.K. plastic electronics industry

Borland

Bhatti

Lindgreen

2019

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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The growing plastic electronics industry constitutes an important arena for addressing sustainability challenges. This study integrates literature related to eco-innovations and ecocentric business strategies to investigate its ability to adopt a sustainable development strategy on the basis of ecological sustainability. An exploratory qualitative study in the U.K. market reveals the need for both technological-push and market-pull factors to guide technological development. Awareness of sustainable development and the potential to support it are high, but actors in this sector do not prioritize these concerns. Efforts to increase commitment to sustainable development must address three distinctive groups: innovative developers, supplier/manufacturers, and industry facilitators. Articulating the importance of sustainable development might create incentives and generate market pull. The industry also has potential to support sustainable development, which then can support industry development. This article thus offers theoretical insights for ecocentric ecoinnovations, ecocentric business strategy, and ecocentric visionary leadership, along with managerial, industry, and policy implications. KEYWORDS ecocentric industry strategy, eco-innovations, plastic electronics, sustainability vision, sustainable development

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Low carbon innovation and enterprise growth in the UK: Challenges of a place-blind policy mix

Cited by 104 publications

References 44 publications

The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

Do Policy Mix Characteristics Matter for Low-Carbon Innovation? A Survey-Based Exploration for Renewable Power Generation Technologies in Germany

Sustainability and sustainable development strategies in the U.K. plastic electronics industry

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