Towards Environmental Innovation Systems

Abstract

Co-Evolution of Technical, Environmental and Social Systems.- On the Co-Evolution of Technologies and Institutions.- The Management of the Co-Evolution of Technical, Environmental and Social Systems.- Technological Regimes, Environmental Performance and Innovation Systems: Tracing the Links.- Merging Research Perspectives on Innovation Systems and Environmental Innovation: An Introduction.- National, Regional and Sectoral Innovation Systems and Sustainable Development.- Can Poland's Success in Environmental Policy Reforms Translate into Technological Innovation for Environment?.- Sustainable Development and the Regional Dimension of the Innovation System.- Green Innovation in Nordic Energy Industry: Systemic Contexts and Dynamic Trajectories.- Public Policy, Voluntary Initiatives and Water Benign Process Innovations: Empirical Evidence from the West German Chemical Industry during the Mid-1990s.- Strategies for Environment and Innovation.- Government and Environmental Innovation in Europe and North America.- Ecological Modernisation and the Creation of Lead Markets.- Innovation, Time and Sustainability.- Integrated Long-Term Strategies to Induce Regime Shifts towards Sustainability: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management.- Policies and Conditions for Environmental Innovation and Management in Industry.- Policy Assessment (Issues) and New Requirements.- The Need for Environmental Innovation Indicators and Data from a Policy Perspective.- Innovations in the Environmental Policy System: Voluntary, Collaborative and Information-Based Policies in the United States and the Netherlands.- The IPPC Directive and Factors Influencing the Economic and Environmental Performance of Firms and Plants in the Cement, Non-Ferrous Metals and Pulp and Paper Sectors in the EU.- Back-Casting for Environmental Sustainability: From STD and SusHouse towards Implementation.- Towards Environmental Innovation - A Policy Synthesis.