Innovation in Environmental Technology: The Role of Policy in Promoting Environmental Innovation
(2007)The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- This thesis investigates the process of innovation in environmental technology and the role that government interventions can play in fostering this innovation, using a cross-sectoral perspective based on three Nordic sectors - mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings. Using an analytical framework based on innovation and environmental policy and their interactions with three preconditions for innovation - access to knowledge, access to resources, and market formation - the dynamics of environmental innovation occurring across the three sectors (mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings) are examined. Literature and empirical materials are used to gain a better picture of the innovation dynamics of the sectors under review and... (More)
- This thesis investigates the process of innovation in environmental technology and the role that government interventions can play in fostering this innovation, using a cross-sectoral perspective based on three Nordic sectors - mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings. Using an analytical framework based on innovation and environmental policy and their interactions with three preconditions for innovation - access to knowledge, access to resources, and market formation - the dynamics of environmental innovation occurring across the three sectors (mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings) are examined. Literature and empirical materials are used to gain a better picture of the innovation dynamics of the sectors under review and additional information gathered from sector-specific case studies is used to provide insight into how actors within the various sectors innovate and respond to policy interventions. Suggested policy directions are put forward based on issues identified through an analysis of the materials. The research confirms that policy interventions require a sector-specific approach but notes that environmental innovations face similar barriers in regards to a lack of market across all sectors. This thesis argues that environmental policy can be used in conjunction with innovation policy to put forward the necessary impetus to allow the preconditions for innovation to be fulfilled with respect to environmental technology development. Furthermore, it notes that there is a potential for learning between sectors in some cases to be used as means of helping to overcome innovation barriers. A method that policy makers can use to help select appropriate interventions to foster innovation in environmental technology is proposed. While this thesis provides some preliminary insight into the overall innovation dynamics of the studied sectors and the specific process of environmental innovation, innovation dynamics, environmental issues and policy interventions remain complex fields. Further research at both the sector level and the policy level are needed to gain a deeper understanding of the environmental innovation process. (Less)
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- author
- Hayes, Morrigan
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- innovation, environmental technology, environmental and innovation policy, Environmental studies, Miljöstudier
- language
- English
- id
- 1324797
- date added to LUP
- 2007-09-19 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2008-03-06 00:00:00
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abstract = {{This thesis investigates the process of innovation in environmental technology and the role that government interventions can play in fostering this innovation, using a cross-sectoral perspective based on three Nordic sectors - mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings. Using an analytical framework based on innovation and environmental policy and their interactions with three preconditions for innovation - access to knowledge, access to resources, and market formation - the dynamics of environmental innovation occurring across the three sectors (mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings) are examined. Literature and empirical materials are used to gain a better picture of the innovation dynamics of the sectors under review and additional information gathered from sector-specific case studies is used to provide insight into how actors within the various sectors innovate and respond to policy interventions. Suggested policy directions are put forward based on issues identified through an analysis of the materials. The research confirms that policy interventions require a sector-specific approach but notes that environmental innovations face similar barriers in regards to a lack of market across all sectors. This thesis argues that environmental policy can be used in conjunction with innovation policy to put forward the necessary impetus to allow the preconditions for innovation to be fulfilled with respect to environmental technology development. Furthermore, it notes that there is a potential for learning between sectors in some cases to be used as means of helping to overcome innovation barriers. A method that policy makers can use to help select appropriate interventions to foster innovation in environmental technology is proposed. While this thesis provides some preliminary insight into the overall innovation dynamics of the studied sectors and the specific process of environmental innovation, innovation dynamics, environmental issues and policy interventions remain complex fields. Further research at both the sector level and the policy level are needed to gain a deeper understanding of the environmental innovation process.}},
author = {{Hayes, Morrigan}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Innovation in Environmental Technology: The Role of Policy in Promoting Environmental Innovation}},
year = {{2007}},
}