Adoption of Environmental Innovations | The Dynamics of Innovation as Interplay between Business Competence, Environmental Orientation and Network Involvement

Koos Van Dijken (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 940103740X / ISBN 13: 9789401037402

Published by Springer, 2012

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Adoption of Environmental Innovations | The Dynamics of Innovation as Interplay between Business Competence, Environmental Orientation and Network Involvement | Koos Van Dijken (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | ii | Englisch | 2012 | Springer | EAN 9789401037402 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Adoption of Environmental Innovations | The Dynamics of Innovation as Interplay between Business Competence, Environmental Orientation and Network Involvement
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 940103740X
• ISBN 13: 9789401037402
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 160H x 19D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 538 grams
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Synopsis

How do small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt environmental innovations? Do they have the necessary internal competence? Is any support offered by external parties (i.e. network involvement)? What are the policy implications? This book is based on extensive fieldwork, conducted in four traditional industrial sectors: offset printing, electroplating, textile finishing, and industrial painting. The work was carried out in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and the UK. Twenty company-based case studies were analyzed and a telephone survey was conducted among 527 companies. As a result, the Innovation Triangle came to be formulated, which is presented here, defining and combining the determinants of SME innovativeness. The Innovation Triangle distinguishes three major determinants of innovativeness: business competence, environmental orientation, and network involvement. The Innovation Triangle allows one to diagnose current environmental and innovation policies, indicating which policy measures might be effective in increasing the adoption of environmentally friendly technologies, allowing environmental objectives to be achieved.