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Policy Strategies to Promote Eco‐Innovation
Author(s) -
del Río Pablo,
CarrilloHermosilla Javier,
Könnölä Totti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00259.x
Subject(s) - eco innovation , industrial ecology , process (computing) , business , industrial organization , product (mathematics) , innovation process , product innovation , new product development , environmental economics , process management , economics , marketing , computer science , sustainability , ecology , work in process , biology , geometry , mathematics , operating system
Summary This article elaborates an integrated policy framework, including policy features and specific measures that can be implemented to mitigate the barriers to eco‐innovations. We claim that factors inhibiting the development and uptake of eco‐innovations are multifaceted and stem from different sources. This systems view, which highlights the multilayered conception of the obstacles to eco‐innovation, calls for a combination of environmental and technology policies adapted to the different barriers and characteristics of the technologies. Drawing on evolutionary economics, the article sheds light on the appropriate combinations of framework conditions and instruments that are most effective to promote eco‐innovation, considering different barriers and eco‐innovation types (process/product, mature/immature, and radical/incremental).