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Technology platforms in Europe : an empirical investigation

De Propris, Lisa; Corradini, Carlo - 2013 - revised version

In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …

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Eco-innovation and firm growth: do green gazelles run faster? : microeconometric evidence from a sample of European firms

Colombelli, Alessandra; Krafft, Jackie; Quatraro, Francesco - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of eco-innovation on firms' growth processes, with a special focus on gazelles, i … effects of generic innovation on firms' growth, and this is particularly true for gazelles, which actually appear to run …

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Policy responses by different agents/stakeholders in a transition: integrating the Multi-level Perspective and behavioral economics

Gazheli, Ardjan; Antal, Miklós; Drake, Ben; Jackson, Tim; … - 2014

This short paper considers all possible stakeholders in different stages of a sustainability transition and matches their behavioral features and diversity to policies. This will involve an assessment of potential or expected responses of stakeholders to a range of policy instruments. Following...

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The role of product and process innovation in CGE models of environmental policy

Baccianti, Claudio; Löschel, Andreas - 2014

to integrate endogenous technological progress. Nevertheless, several complexities of innovation are still neglected even … modelling literature through a special lens. We discuss how existing models deal with different types of innovation (i ….e. product and process innovation) and how differences in innovation activities influence modelling results. We also emphasise …

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Innovation in the energy sector

Friesenbichler, Klaus - 2013

This study analyses the diffusion of renewable energy (RE) technologies. It analyses the transition dynamics as the sector broadens its energy mix and changes its capital stock. This shift is found to be desirable from an environmental, geopolitical and economic perspective. Yet, it greatly...

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Literature review on fundamental concepts and definitions, objectives and policy goals as well as instruments relevant for socio-ecological transition

Dimitrova, Anna; Hollan, Katarina; Laster, Daphne; … - 2013

relevant for socio-ecological transition. Hereby the paper focuses on the concepts of sustainability, growth, innovation …

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Industrial policies in Europe in historical perspective

Grabas, Christian; Nützenadel, Alexander - 2013

environment favourable to competition, innovation and technology transfer. For Western Europe, it was increasing trade and …

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The "resurrection" of industrial policy in the European Union and its impact on industrial policy in the new member countries

Török, Ádám; Csuka, Gyöngyi; Kovács, Bernadett; … - 2013

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation … technological development. The third step was an assessment of CEECs innovation and R&D policies, and their linkages with …

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What innovation policies for ecological transition? : powering the green innovation machine

Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2014

In this contribution we describe how green policies should be designed to activate private innovation forces for … private green innovation machine. We try to assess how strong which types of government interventions have and can be to power … the green innovation machine. An important insight from the economic analysis of the effectiveness of the public …

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Regulatory push-pull effects on innovation : an evaluation of the effects of the REACH regulation on patents in the chemical sector

Ghisetti, Claudia; Quatraro, Francesco - 2015

, redirecting firms' innovation activities towards ecological targets without hampering their competitiveness is of paramount … avoid sub-optimal commitment of resources to the innovation process and ensure the reduction of polluting agents emissions … chemical domain so as to draw useful insights on the effect of the policy aiming at redirecting innovation activities to …

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