Brings together microeconomics studies on firms' eco and economic performance both in the industrial and service sector; by considering a sector based perspective rooted mainly in the exploitation of NAMEA data; at regional level, and a macroeconomic analysis of the environment, income and welfare

pt. 1. Envoronmental innovation, firms' economic performance and policy drivers -- pt. 2. Environmental efficiency and sector performances -- pt. 3. Economic growth, environmental degradation and policies.

The relationship between energy price dynamics and competitiveness is crucial in the transition to environmental and economic sustainability. On the one hand, rising energy prices may induce process innovations and increase mark ups, thereby intensifying competitiveness. On the other hand,...

The paper addresses the relevancy of networking activities and R&D as main drivers of productivity performance and ouput innovation, for small and medium enterprises (SME) playing in a local economic system. Given the intangible nature of many techno organisational innovation and networking...

This paper aims at analysing the role of the environment in innovative strategies based on firm economic performance indicators such as employment, turnover, and labour productivity growth. We exploit a unique dataset of 773 Italian service firms with 20 or more employees comprising 1993-1995...