A Survey of the Literature on Environmental Innovation Based on Main Path Analysis

Barbieri, Nicolò; Ghisetti, Claudia; Gilli, Marianna; Marin, Giovanni; Nicolli, Francesco

doi:10.1111/joes.12149

Cited by 211 publications

(93 citation statements)

References 119 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Given the range of factors that may influence EI, a recent consensus has emerged on the relevance of a set of elements which jointly stimulate its adoption (Barbieri, Ghisetti, Gilli, Marin, & Nicolli, ). Horbach () and Horbach et al () reported that EI determinants can be grouped into the following four clusters: “market pull,” “technology push,” “regulatory push/pull,” and “firm‐specific features.” Expectations of future turnover, previous economic performance, consumer pressure, pressure from non‐geovernmental organizations (NGOs) and demand for new eco‐products are categorized as market pull determinants.…”

Section: Literature Review: Definition Types and Determinants Of Eimentioning

confidence: 99%

Shedding light on the determinants of eco‐innovation: A meta‐analytic study

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the past decade a stream of studies has analyzed the determinants of eco‐innovation. Four main clusters of drivers have been identified in the literature: “technology push,” “market pull,” “regulatory push‐pull,” and “firm specific factors.” Nevertheless, the empirical quantitative and comparative analysis of those clusters is rare, scattered and inconclusive. This article aims to fill this gap by analyzing the determinants of eco‐innovation on the basis of a meta‐analytic study of quantitative empirical studies published over the period 2006 to 2017—a meta‐analysis which accounts for a total of 211,123 firms. The findings show that firms with collaborative networks and/or more environmental concern are more prone to eco‐innovate, emphasizing the role of “technology push” as the main cluster of determinants, regardless of whether a typology of eco‐innovation is included as a moderator in the meta‐analysis. Based on the results of the meta‐analytic study, the paper discusses several courses of action to foster eco‐innovation and achieve environmental benefits.

show abstract

Section: Literature Review: Definition Types and Determinants Of Eimentioning

confidence: 99%

Shedding light on the determinants of eco‐innovation: A meta‐analytic study

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Therefore, (environmental) policy measures and institutional factors are crucial for initiating eco-innovations. Indeed, the empirical literature on the determinants of eco-innovation underlines the high importance of government policies (for a comprehensive literature overview see Barbieri, Ghisetti, Gilli, Marin, & Nicolli, 2016;Cainelli & Mazzanti, 2013;Demirel & Kesidou, 2011;Horbach et al, 2012).…”

Section: Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The relevance of personal characteristics and gender diversity for (eco‐)innovation activities at the firm‐level: Results from a linked employer–employee database in Germany

Horbach

Jacob

2018

Bus Strat Env

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The burgeoning literature on the determinants of eco‐innovation has not yet considered the influence of the personal characteristics of a firm's employees. The paper opens this “black box” of unexplained heterogeneity: it has often been observed that firms with broadly similar characteristics take different decisions concerning eco‐innovations. In fact, latent variables such as the greenness of a firm may be explained by the personal characteristics (gender, family status, geographic origins, education, etc.) of the firm's staff and decision‐makers. The linked employer–employee database of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Germany makes such an analysis possible based on data for 2010–2012. The results of an econometric analysis show that having a large proportion of highly qualified women and a mixed‐gender management board are positively correlated with innovation activities in the environmental sector. The results further confirm that export‐oriented firms are more likely to innovate, firms characterized by staff overaging innovate to a lesser extent and greater competition pressure encourages innovation.

show abstract

“…Current economies are becoming services economies, or rather, are working towards becoming sustainable development services economies, since environmental and social concerns increasingly aspire to more sustainable and low‐carbon economies (Barbieri, Ghisetti, Gilli, Marin, & Nicolli, ; Jové‐Llopis & Segarra‐Blasco, ). A better understanding of the relationship between services and sustainable development is increasingly necessary.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why does eco‐innovation differ in service firms? Some insights from Spain

Jové‐Llopis

Segarra‐Blasco

2020

Bus Strat Env

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although environmental innovation studies have traditionally focused on manufacturing firms, the distinctive features of eco‐innovation activities carried out by service firms require special attention. Using the Spanish Commumity Innovation Survey (CIS), this paper determines which are the main drivers of undertaking eco‐innovation and investigates the similarities and differences between service and manufacturing firms within the five sub‐groups of services (supplier dominated, scale intensive physical networks, scale intensive information networks, science‐based, and others). The results confirm that the main eco‐innovation triggers are similar—technological push factor orientation (internal R&D and persistence) and firm size—while the impact of market pull factors and public environmental legislation differ within the services sub‐groups. In addition, we find a high degree of heterogeneity within service firms. In contrast to traditional service firms, those in the groups involving R&D activities, information networks, and scale‐intensive physical networks exhibit intensive eco‐innovation performance and show a high level of green indicators.

show abstract

A Survey of the Literature on Environmental Innovation Based on Main Path Analysis

Cited by 211 publications

References 119 publications

Shedding light on the determinants of eco‐innovation: A meta‐analytic study

Shedding light on the determinants of eco‐innovation: A meta‐analytic study

The relevance of personal characteristics and gender diversity for (eco‐)innovation activities at the firm‐level: Results from a linked employer–employee database in Germany

Why does eco‐innovation differ in service firms? Some insights from Spain

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About