dc.contributor.author | Kiefer, Christoph Patrick | |
dc.contributor.author | Carrillo Hermosilla, Javier | |
dc.contributor.author | Río , Pablo del | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-05T12:56:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-05T12:56:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | Resources, Conservation and Recyclcing, 2019, v. 145, p. 339-348 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0921-3449 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/37926 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Eco-innovations, or innovations that reduce the environmental impacts of production and consumption activities, are considered crucial for sustainability transitions and a key element of a Circular Economy. Although previous contributions have acknowledged the existence of different types of eco-innovations (e.g., product vs. service or incremental vs. radical), a precise conceptualization of eco-innovation types, which takes into account its multifaceted character, is missing. Yet such a conceptualization is crucial in order to understand how eco-innovations contribute to a sustainable transition, how policy makers can promote different eco-innovation types, and how business practitioners can develop eco-innovations. This article covers this gap in the literature. Its aim is twofold: 1) to develop a quantitative method to categorise different eco-innovation types in a particular setting, taking into account their distinct features and dimensions; 2) to apply this method in a given sector and country, building a taxonomy of eco-innovation types. It draws on a survey of 197 Spanish industrial small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) which developed or adopted an eco-innovation between 2012 and 2013. The statistical analyses reveal the existence of a taxonomy of five eco-innovation types: systemic, externally driven, continuous improvement, radical (technology-push initiated) and eco-efficient. They differ in their techno-economic configurations, contribution to environmental sustainability and corporate goals and required changes in the firms. Specific policy and managerial implications are deducted. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Agencia Estatal de Investigación | es_ES |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.rights | © Elsevier, 2019 | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Eco-innovation | en |
dc.subject | Cluster analyses | en |
dc.subject | Spain | en |
dc.subject | Small and medium-size enterprises | en |
dc.subject | Circular economy | en |
dc.title | Building a taxonomy of eco-innovation types in firms: A quantitative perspective | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | en |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Economía y Dirección de Empresas | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2019-06-05T12:52:06Z | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.02.021 | en |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//CSO2016-74888-C4-4-R/ES/Atracción de talento, innovación y creatividad para el desarrollo inteligente de la ciudad-región de Madrid | en |
dc.date.embargoEndDate | 2021-02-22 | |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
dc.identifier.uxxi | AR/0000029633 | en |
dc.identifier.publicationtitle | Resources, Conservation and Recyclcing | en |
dc.identifier.publicationvolume | 145 | |
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage | 348 | |
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage | 339 | |