Controlling ecological deterioration is critical for the well-being of current and future generations, as it ensures a sustainable environment that promotes health, productivity, and the general quality of life. This study investigates the interplay between innovation, economic growth, and...

Innovation has become one of the most important issues in modern knowledge society. As opposed to radical innovation this paper introduces the concept of Emergent Innovation: this approach tries to balance and integrate the demand both for radically new knowledge and at the same time for an...

Digitalization, driven by the transformative impact of digital technologies, plays a crucial role in the energy transition process. Advancements in these technologies are bringing about significant changes in how energy is generated, transmitted, and utilized. In particular, digital technologies...

As economic integration advances, the interdependence between upstream and downstream firms within the supply chain intensifies. Using data from Chinese listed firms (2010–2023), we examine the impact of suppliers’ environmental misconduct on downstream firms’ green innovation continuity....

At the heart of the Technological Innovation Systems (TIS) approach is the knowledge production function. Its evaluation requires the study and characterization of the TIS knowledge base and its evolution. Although patents are often used to study this knowledge production function, current...

One of the structural problems in Latin-American has been the lower innovative capacity and lower generation of economically exploitable knowledge. This phenomenon has been produced by the absence of government’s incentives and strategies in order to be competitive inside the Knowledge Based...

The U.S. and China are the world’s largest and second largest CO2 emitters, respectively, and to what extent the U.S. and China get involved in combating global climate change is extremely important both for lowering compliance costs of climate mitigation and adaptation and for moving...

The main focus of this paper is twofold. First is to design Pigouvian taxes for different kinds of environmental external effects on the market economy in order to be possible to say what is the relevant information in each situation. Second is to address the question of the welfare effects of...

Fruitfulnes of contemporary companies rests on new business model development, elimination of communication obstacles, simplification of industrial processes, possibilities of responding in real-time and above all meeting the floating custom needs. Quite a number of company activities and...

BACKGROUND. Farmers are faced with a wide range of pest management (PM) options which can be adopted in isolation or alongside complement or substitute strategies. This paper presents the results of a survey of UK cereal producers focusing on the character and diversity of PM strategies...