Policy mix or policy mess? Effects of cross-instrumental policy mix on eco-innovation in German firms

Greco, Marco; Germani, Francesca; Grimaldi, Michele; Radičić, Dragana

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2020.102194

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“…It could help firms support their R&D and innovation capabilities (and competitive advantage) in the long term. Moreover, Greco et al (2020) found that providing general support for innovation to firms already benefiting from the support of environmental policies does not create any additional effects on the introduction of process environmental innovations, which implies that there is no complementarity among these policy tools. Finally, environmentally oriented firms and their managers should encourage their employees' learning and awareness of environmental and sustainability issues.…”

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R&D as bridge to sustainable development? Case of Czech Republic and Slovenia

Hojnik

Prokop

Stejskal

2021

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Prior studies revealed that government is key factor influencing firms' decisions about the implementation of environmental innovations and pursuit of sustainable development as well as shaping their environmental orientation. However, the role of firms' R&D within these processes remains unclear. This paper explores the relationship between firms' environmental regulation, R&D, environmental orientation, and environmental outputs to better understand the relationships and dynamics among them. We used the World Bank Enterprise Survey 2019 data on 737 firms from the Czech Republic and Slovenia and employed structural equation modeling.The results indicate that environmental orientation positively influences R&D and environmental outputs. Moreover, environmental regulations spur firms' environmental orientation as well as environmental outputs. On the other hand, the findings reveal that R&D is neither a key factor nor plays a key role as a mediator of environmental regulations and environmental orientation affecting environmental outputs based on the sample of selected countries pertaining to Central and Eastern Europe.

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R&D as bridge to sustainable development? Case of Czech Republic and Slovenia

Hojnik

Prokop

Stejskal

2021

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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“…However, the construction of care institutions for older people has the characteristics of high capital investment and a long payback period ( 5 ), which directly results in a severe shortage of social care for older people facility input ( 6 ). Consequently, the public has low confidence in investing in the care industry for older people, and firm's responses to provide facility of care institutions for older people may not get momentum, if there is no support of policymakers ( 7 ).…”

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“…Therefore, multiple policy instruments can be combined, which can be called a “policy instrument mix” ( 8 , 9 ). Policy instrument mix is the combination of different policy instruments that belong to the same policy area ( 7 ). Chinese government has promulgated many policies to promote the development of care industry for older people.…”

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“…However, with the steady growth in care service policies for older people and the increase in policy promulgators and joint departments, policies supporting for the care of older people have gradually shown the characteristics of policy crowdedness, poor policy convergence, and chaotic standards ( 10 ). Indeed, when the mix of instruments lack overall comprehensiveness, consistency and balance, the policy instrument mixes may become a “policy mess” ( 7 , 9 , 11 ).…”

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“…The complex policy mix leads to issues such as unbalanced facility input as bed numbers provided by care institutions for older people and a mismatch between supply and demand, hindering the development of the care service industry for older people. Recently, scholars have recognized the importance of a policy instrument mix on firms' strategies ( 7 ) and called for more research to investigate the influence of policy instrument mix ( 9 , 12 ). However, the evidence of such research which aims at studying the effectiveness of different characteristics among policy instrument mix is very limited ( 13 ).…”

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Will the Policy Instruments Mix Promote the Facility Input of Care Institutions for Older People in China?

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Promoting the facility input of care institutions for older people is the key to the development of the care for older people. With a steady increase in the proportion of older people in China, institutional care services are considered as an important tool for older people. Policies such as government bed subsidies and tax incentives are accelerating the development of institutional care services. However, when the care for older people related policy instrument mixes lacks overall comprehensiveness, consistency and balance, the policy instrument mixes may become a “policy mess”, in turn, affecting the development of care institutions for older people. Studies focusing on the combined effects of different characteristics of a policy instrument mix are scarce. To understand how to better use the policy mix to facilitate the care for older people, it is necessary to analyze the characteristics of care policies for older people and its role in the construction of care institutions for older people. Therefore, this study analyzes the impacts of comprehensiveness, consistency, and balance of policy instruments on the facility input of care institutions for older people. An empirical analysis of related policies from 2011 to 2019 in China shows that a synergetic effect exists between the policy instrument mix and the facility input of care institutions for older people. This study points that the comprehensiveness and consistency of the policy instrument mix positively affect the facility input of care institutions for older people, while the impact of balance is not significant. It not only provides feasible policy suggestions for China's policy-making departments to optimize the care for older people related policies, but also helps care institutions for older people further understand the characteristics of policy portfolios and realize sustainable development.

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Economic policy, regulatory policy, or soft policy: Which category of policy can effectively improve the green innovation of Chinese wind power industry?

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Although wind power is clean in general, its potential adverse impacts on ecology and environment still cannot be ignored. To improve green innovation of wind power industry, the Chinese government has issued a series of policies. With the microdata from listed Chinese wind power enterprises from 2006 to 2019, this study examines the impacts of policies on green innovation. The results indicate that economic policy, regulatory policy, and soft policy significantly improve the green innovation. Unfortunately, the incentive effect only scratches the surface. The further analysis suggests that all categories of policies contribute to the low‐quality green innovation only.

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Policy mix or policy mess? Effects of cross-instrumental policy mix on eco-innovation in German firms

Cited by 51 publications

References 87 publications

R&D as bridge to sustainable development? Case of Czech Republic and Slovenia

R&D as bridge to sustainable development? Case of Czech Republic and Slovenia

Will the Policy Instruments Mix Promote the Facility Input of Care Institutions for Older People in China?

Economic policy, regulatory policy, or soft policy: Which category of policy can effectively improve the green innovation of Chinese wind power industry?

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