Abstract
The existing literature on the determinants for the development and adoption of ecoinnovations has generally focused on analysing the influence of business strategies and external drivers (public policy and stakeholder impacts) on innovation processes in firms. Internal factors to the firm such as resources, capabilities and competences (RCCs), which are important drivers of business strategies and innovation performance, are seldom considered in the literature. This paper builds an integrated framework that incorporates the impact of those firm’s internal factors and their interactions with external drivers on the development and adoption of eco-innovations. The relevance of those factors regarding several dimensions of eco-innovation is illustrated with case studies. It is shown that, while all RCCs are relevant for the development and uptake of ecoinnovations, their relevance differs across eco-innovation dimensions.
Highlights
There is voluminous literature on the determinants for eco-innovation defined as innovations that reduce the environmental impact of consumption and production activities for recent overviews of this literature)
The literature has generally focused on the analysis of the influence of business strategies and external drivers on eco-innovation in firms
Internal factors to the firm such as resources, capabilities and competences (RCCs), which are important drivers of business strategies and innovation performance, have seldom been considered in the empirical literature on eco-innovation, mostly because of the difficulty to include these factors into econometric models due to poor data availability
Summary
There is voluminous literature on the determinants for eco-innovation defined as innovations that reduce the environmental impact of consumption and production activities (see Horbach et al 2012; Belin et al 2011; del Río 2009) for recent overviews of this literature). Other variables have been used: ownership of an approved ISO 14001 or EMAS certification (Demirel, Kesidou 2011; Mazzanti, Zoboli 2006), relevant changes in organisational structures (Horbach 2008; Horbach et al 2012), technological capabilities proxied by R&D (Kammerer 2009; Horbach 2008; Horbach et al 2012; Belin et al 2011; Mazzanti, Zoboli 2006) and employee qualification (Horbach et al 2012) While useful, those analyses may not grasp the multifaceted influence of those RCCs and their complex role in the ecoinnovation process
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