The global nature of the climatic challenge requires a high level of cooperation among agents, especially since most of the related coping strategies produce some kind of externalities toward others. Whether they are positive or negative, the presence of externalities may lead the system towards...

The study analyzes the role played by technological determinants, using the approach of National System of Innovation (NSI), in enhancing or hampering Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) with different motivations, namely horizontal and vertical FDI. The empirical analysis is carried out using data...

We adopt a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) of innovative activity to disentangle countries' patenting capacity from patenting efficiency. We analyze the determinants of innovative capacity of a set of 26 OECD countries plus China, over the period 1992-2007, to show if and how China's...

This report provides a review of recent firm-level and plant-level surveys containing questions on environmental policies, innovation practices or performance which are relevant for environmental policy analysis and assessment. We specifically focus on the core element that relates environmental...