The aim of this paper is to identify the key drivers of organizational eco-innovations by looking at the motivations of UK companies for adopting Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Besides competitive, ethical, and institutional motives, this study considers the importance of the...

In this paper, we adopt a recent OECD framework and examine the role of external policy tools and internal firm specific factors for stimulating three different types of eco-innovations that range on a spectrum of lower to higher technological and environmental impact: End-of-Pipeline Pollution...

The environmental economics literature emphasises the key role that environmental regulations play in stimulating eco-innovations. Innovation literature, on the other hand, underlines other important determinants of eco-innovations, mainly the supply-side factors such as firms’ organisational...