Do cultural controls, eco-learning and environmental strategy lead to high environmental innovation?

Environmental and Energy Informatics: Polish Approaches in Eco-innovation

The goal of this paper is to present eco-innovation implementation in Poland and in some European countries. I assess factor influencing on ecoinnovation in small medium enterprises. Both current and expected energy and material prices are particularly important for pushing firms to reduce pollution, decrease hazardous substances and increase recyclability of products. Cost savings are an impor...

Damages to return with a possible occurrence of eco-technology innovation measured by DEA environmental assessment

Environmental and occupational exposure to lead.

OBJECTIVE To determine the status of environmental and occupational lead exposure in selected areas in Nairobi, Kenya. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Kariobangi North, Babadogo, Waithaka and Pumwani for assessment of environmental exposure to lead (Pb) and Ziwani Jua Kali works for assessment of occupational lead exposure. Olkalou in Nyandarua District was the covariate study area. ...

Environmental innovation and industrial dynamics:

In spite of the increasing concern on the role of technological change and innovation as a key factor of sustainability, environmental economics has paid little attention to the understanding of environmental innovation. Until recently, scholars working in environmental economics consider environmental innovation as induced by regulation. Within this perspective, one of the main research questi...

Market Structure and Environmental Innovation

This paper studies ...rms’ incentives to invest in environmental R&D under different market structures (Cournot and Bertrand) and environmental policy instruments (emission standards, taxes, tradeable permits and auctioned permits). Because of market strategic e¤ects, R&D incentives vary widely across market structures and instruments. For example, when ...rms’ products are strategic substitute...