Environmental capabilities of small and medium sized enterprises: Towards transition to a low carbon economy in the East Midlands

Baranova, Polina; Paterson, Fred

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“…Support interventions in a network setting are found to be effective for green innovation capability development (Mellett et al, 2018). University settings feature predominantly in the literature as a settings where SMEs are assisted to develop a portfolio of low carbon environmental goods and services (LCEGS), access green supply chains (Baranova and Paterson, 2017), grow into the renewables energy technology markets (Prochorskaite, 2014), adopt sustainable entrepreneurship practices (Fichter and Tiemann, 2018), and develop green innovation capabilities (Harrington et al, 2016). Public-private partnerships found useful in supporting pro-environmental practices of SMEs through formation of learning clusters and networks, and legitimisation of 'green' business models (Lehmann, 2006; Puppim de Oliver and Jabbour, 2017).…”

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“…There is a limited number of business advisers specialising in the areas energy and resource efficiency, environmental management and a wider range of environmental capabilities in the areas of circularity, renewables, green funding and finance, green supply chains and environmental strategy (Baranova and Paterson, 2017). Business support in these areas is still a niche offering requiring innovative intervention methodologies.…”

Section: Business Support Towards Clean Growth: a Policy-practice Intmentioning

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“…Despite the wealth of literature on business support, there is a lack of studies exploring support mechanisms towards cleaner growth. Studies of pro-environmental business support confirm the primacy of a focus on energy efficiency and limitations in the scope, design and delivery of support interventions (Baranova and Paterson, 2017). Further, support interventions aimed at strengthening SME contribution to clean growth require re-imagining of the enterprise support ethos towards a closer reflection of location specificity in support interventions.…”

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Configuration of enterprise support towards the clean growth challenge: A place-based perspective

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Although clean growth has been identified as one of the grand challenges of the UK Industrial Strategy, public policy paid little attention to the configuration of business support towards enhancing clean growth potential of small and medium-sized enterprises. The dominant approach of policymakers to the design of enterprise support interventions appears to be ‘place-blind’ and downplays the challenges that small and medium-sized enterprises face in engaging with the clean growth policy agenda. Based on a mixed methods methodology, involving a survey of 306 businesses, a range of public engagement exercises and an extensive interview schedule, the study explores small and medium-sized enterprises engagement with the clean growth challenge and associated business support mechanisms. We conceptualise the nexus of place–policy–practice as a way of framing policymaking approach in addressing the challenge. As part of the clean growth policy implementation, business support mechanisms need to move beyond a singular focus on energy efficiency and shift towards a holistic approach to capacity building for sustainable development. Small business needs to project a district voice in the definition of place in the local industrial strategies and have access to enterprise support which is place-based, policy-informed and practice-relevant.

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“…The role of modern eco-infrastructure in urban zones and green cities is reportedly enormous in this field, Newton [34]. The role of business in greening the economy and sharing of green industries is also remarkable in a regional economy presented by Baranova, Paterson [35] and Chen, Lan, Gao, Sun [36]; and the green economy is to be assessed according to specific indicators. The remaining subsystems of the third level are related to natural resources.…”

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A Study on Green Economy Indicators and Modeling: Russian Context

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This article aims to assess and forecast the dynamics of a regional green economy. The research relevance is determined by the need to develop theoretical and methodological basis of the green economy for the transition period and to identify criteria basis for assessing the state and regional level of it. The authors applied the modern methods, which allowed to model criteria considering data uncertainty and both static and dynamic criteria. The research process involved the methods of scientific analysis, comparison and synthesis, the theory of fuzzy sets, and fuzzy modeling. The main principles and methodology of the criteria evaluation for a regional green economy are proposed. The principal methodological approach in this research combines the current state and dynamics of the green economy in evaluating and forecasting the conditions of data uncertainty. The research results form a theoretical, methodological, and practical basis for assessing the current state and level of a regional green economy development, determining the effectiveness of environmental and economic programs, optimizing financial management, conducting environmental monitoring, and developing state plans.

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“…«Зеленая повестка дня» для городов и эконо-мики в целом является одним из основных направлений деятельности всемирных и международных организаций и все более важным национальным и городским приоритетом развития. Особую роль эко-городов в развитии «зеленой» экономики стран и регионов подчеркивают многие современные авторы (Baranova and Paterson, 2017;Newton, 2013). Например, изучая опыт создания эко-городов в Австралии, исследователи раскрывают систему взаимозависимости и взаимовлияния «зеленой» городской инфраструктуры, эко-городов и «зеленого» сектора экономики.…”

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The Implementation of the Green Economy Concept at the Level of the Agglomeration: Russian Experience of Regional and Municipal Interests Harmonization

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Larionova²,

Biryulina³

2018

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Introduction. The urban agglomeration is considered to be an integral informal economic entity uniting economic interests of its municipalities and expressing the interests of the whole territory, which can become the driving force of the “green” economy strategy. Aims. The research is aimed at a content and comparative analysis of scientific and factual material on the implementation of the green economy concept at a regional level; generalization are based on a systematic approach and principles of complex territory development. Results. The efficiency and opportunities of transition to “green” economy principles have been analysed at the regional level. As a result, recommendations have been made on implementing the “green” economy concept at agglomeration level, since the high level of agglomeration core socioeconomic development as well as the broad opportunities of minimizing environmental risks and multiplying natural capital of small cities, make it possible to synchronize economic growth, optimize the use of natural resources and increase the effect of decoupling. Conclusion. Using the agglomeration of Big Ekaterinburg as an example, the authors have shown that the strategic planning documents at the municipal level need to be fundamentally reviewed in the context of complex territory development, implementation of the “green” economic principles and harmonization of environmental, economic and social objectives.

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Environmental capabilities of small and medium sized enterprises: Towards transition to a low carbon economy in the East Midlands

Cited by 27 publications

References 62 publications

Configuration of enterprise support towards the clean growth challenge: A place-based perspective

Configuration of enterprise support towards the clean growth challenge: A place-based perspective

A Study on Green Economy Indicators and Modeling: Russian Context

The Implementation of the Green Economy Concept at the Level of the Agglomeration: Russian Experience of Regional and Municipal Interests Harmonization

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