Environmental innovations and green skills in the Nordic countries
(2021) In Sustainable Development Goals Series Part F2668. p.195-211- Abstract
In this chapter, we argue that policy-making aiming to achieve environmentally sustainable transitions of the economy is in need of a solid empirical evidence base. Conventional measurement concepts used for example by the EU based on sector-classifications deliver highly biased pictures. We propose measurement concepts based on the use of green skills and human capital, validate key assumptions of our concept and apply the concept to the four Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Our results show that indeed various versions of indicators based on green skills help predicting whether firms introduce environmental innovations, and this finding is robust across the four countries. Upon applying our measurement concept at... (More)
In this chapter, we argue that policy-making aiming to achieve environmentally sustainable transitions of the economy is in need of a solid empirical evidence base. Conventional measurement concepts used for example by the EU based on sector-classifications deliver highly biased pictures. We propose measurement concepts based on the use of green skills and human capital, validate key assumptions of our concept and apply the concept to the four Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Our results show that indeed various versions of indicators based on green skills help predicting whether firms introduce environmental innovations, and this finding is robust across the four countries. Upon applying our measurement concept at the regional level, we find that the different Nordic countries show rather distinct patterns in their geographical distributions of these green skills, which may have implications for firms’ capabilities to introduce environmental innovations.
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- author
- Østergaard, Christian Richter ; Holm, Jacob Rubæk ; Iversen, Eric ; Schubert, Torben LU ; Skålholt, Asgeir and Sotarauta, Markku
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Rethinking clusters : place-based value creation in sustainability transitions - place-based value creation in sustainability transitions
- series title
- Sustainable Development Goals Series
- editor
- Rita Sedita, Silvia and Blasi, Silvia
- volume
- Part F2668
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85143901306
- ISSN
- 2523-3084
- 2523-3092
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-61923-7
- 978-3-030-61922-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-61923-7_14
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 70940773-209e-4af3-8d79-1d351b63c355
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- 2024-06-10 09:41:11
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