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Rađenović, Žarko, Ivana Janjić, and Miljana Talić. "TARGETING ECO-INNOVATION PERFORMANCE AMONG EU COUNTRIES: CLUSTER OUTCOME." SCIENCE International Journal 3, no. 1 (2024): 189–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/sciencej0301189r.
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An indispensable tool for enhancing economic growth and protecting the environment is eco-innovation, which integrates innovation and sustainable development. By utilizing innovation to address social, economic, and environmental issues, eco-innovation is essential to achieving sustainable development goals. One significant strategy for addressing environmental issues and promoting economic expansion is eco-innovation. Optimizing resource use and promoting efficiency across various sectors, eco-innovation holds significant importance in modern conditions. Eco-innovation represents a proactive approach and leads to positive environmental outcomes. The performance of eco-innovation is a key determinant of its effectiveness in achieving sustainable development goals. Undoubtedly, the European Union’s (EU) policy plan of the past few decades strongly emphasizes eco-innovation. Through initiatives such as the Eco-Innovation Scoreboard, which provides a comprehensive evaluation of eco-innovation performances across EU member states, the EU has been at the forefront of fostering eco-innovation. Eco-Innovation Scoreboards consist of indicators designed to measure various aspects of eco-innovation, used to assess the overall eco-innovation performance of EU member states and to track progress over time. This study examines the average value of eco-innovation performances across EU member states using data from the Eco-innovation Scoreboard. It also presents a comparative analysis of eco-innovation performances across EU member states over two different periods, 2013-2017 and 2018-2022, using indicators including eco-innovation input, eco-innovation activities, eco-innovation output, resource efficiency outcomes, and socio-economic outcomes. Cluster analysis groups EU member states based on their eco-innovation performances, allowing for a comparative assessment of different clusters. The examination evaluates the effectiveness of EU member states in combining innovative practices with sustainable development by focusing on cluster outcomes. The results of the analysis show dynamic changes in eco-innovation performance among EU countries, indicating migration between clusters over time. The observed trends suggest an evolution of priorities and strategies in eco-innovation, which requires adaptive policy responses. Policymakers are advised to adopt flexible and adaptive strategies that take into account the changing performance landscape of eco-innovation and that capitalize on the strengths recognized within each cluster while overcoming identified weaknesses.
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Brogi, Stefano, and Tamara Menichini. "Do the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Influence Eco-innovation Performance? Evidences from the EU Context." European Journal of Sustainable Development 8, no. 4 (2019): 292. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n4p292.
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Eco-innovation has become a clear target of EU policy strategies. Consequently, detecting drivers of eco-innovation has become crucial to design effective eco-innovation policies. The paper focuses on the adoption of ISO 14001 standard, with the aim to investigate to what extent the ISO certification of Environmental Management Systems influences eco-innovation performance. A correlation analysis between data from European Eco-Innovation Scoreboard interactive tool (ECO-IS) reveals that, at EU country level, there is no a significant correlation between the number of ISO 14001 certified organizations and the level of some selected Eco-Innovation performance indicators. Both the number of companies that have developed innovations with environmental benefits and the number of patents in environmentally-related technologies are not significantly related to the number of companies with ISO 14001 certification. Similar results were obtained by considering only Eco-Innovation leaders, that is EU countries with above-average Eco-Innovation Index values. These empirical evidences arise some questions and policy suggestions that will be discussed.Keywords: Eco-innovation drivers; Environmental Management Systems; ISO 14001 certification; Eco-Innovation Scoreboard; Eco-Innovation Index.
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Ryszko, Adam. "Eco‑Innovation Performance and Selected Competitiveness Issues Perceived by Managers in the EU Member States – a Cross‑Country Analysis." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 65, no. 5 (2017): 1751–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201765051751.
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This paper analyzes links between eco‑innovation performance and selected competitiveness issues perceived by managers in the 26 EU member states. Different dimensions of eco‑innovation performance in individual EU member states were examined based on the Eco‑Innovation Scoreboard. The country‑specific data on selected competitiveness issues were obtained from the survey of business leaders carried out by the IMD World Competitiveness Center. The data on the Summary Innovation Index applied in the European Innovation Scoreboard were also used. The results of the cross‑country analysis indicated that overall eco‑innovation performance is strongly correlated with ethical practices, social responsibility of business leaders, health, safety and environmental concerns, as well as with corporate values. Moreover, it was found that the lack of pollution problems affecting economy, credibility of managers in society, environmental laws that do not hinder competitiveness of businesses, positive attitudes toward globalization in society, sustainable development being a priority in companies, and need for economic and social reforms are of particular importance in achieving better eco‑innovation performance.
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Lewandowska, Małgorzata Stefania. "Eco-innovation and International Competitiveness of Enterprises Results for European Union Member States." Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 23, no. 1 (2020): 37–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1508-2008.23.03.
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Intensive global warming, declining natural resources, and pollution are the factors influencing the wider debate about what creates a “green economy.” Taking the above into account, the purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the eco-innovation performance of European Union members and, at the same time, their overall level of innovativeness. The paper also provides insights into the role of eco-innovation as the driving force for the international competitiveness of enterprises from European Union countries. The results at the macro level show that there is a strong interdependence between the level of innovativeness and the level of eco-innovation implementation in the EU Member States. In turn, the micro-analysis conducted for EU enterprises shows that there is an interdependence between the introduction of eco-innovation with benefits for the end-user and the level of international competitiveness measured by the intensity of exports. Enterprises from countries with a higher overall Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) and Eco-Innovation Scoreboard (Eco-IS) are simultaneously characterized by a higher intensity of eco-innovation, introducing benefits for the end-user, and an intensive presence with sales on foreign markets. Enterprises from countries with low IUS and Eco-IS rankings, including the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, are characterized by a relatively low intensity of introducing eco-innovation accompanied by a relatively low export intensity.
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Rosiek, Janusz. "The efficiency of eco-innovation activities in EU countries. The DEA approach." Horyzonty Polityki 14, no. 49 (2023): 153–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.35765/hp.2514.
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: Innovation is a significant factor in socio-economic development, and it is principal in achieving a competitive advantage among enterprises, regions, and countries. The purposes of this paper are: (1) to present, on the basis of the available literature, the essence and metrics of eco-innovation activities in EU countries, (2) to analyze the effectiveness of eco-innovation activities in EU countries using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method.
 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research primarily focuses on a review of the recent literature and an analysis of the efficiency of eco-innovation activity using the DEA method. The empirical analysis is based on the Eco-innovation Scoreboard.
 THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The analysis mainly determines the efficiency of eco-innovation. The theoretical basis for the considerations is a diagnosis of the existing state of eco-innovation in EU countries.
 RESEARCH RESULTS: The results illustrate the efficiency of eco-innovation activity in some EU countries against the backdrop of other EU countries. The analysis of eco-innovation activities and strategies to support them in the EU countries presented in this study is based on a diagnosis of the current state of their economies in this area using the methods of DEA and literature review. The results of this research enable us to draw concrete conclusions on the efficiency of eco-innovation activities.
 CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The results of the Eco-innovation Scoreboard for these countries illustrate an inefficient use of materials, water and energy resources, as well as low resource productivity. The gaps in this scope between Central-Eastern and Western EU countries are diminishing, but there are still institutional, legislative, and economic shortcomings in eco-innovation that should be addressed. The analysis indicates the level of eco-innovation development in EU countries, its efficiency, and the potential for supporting activity in this field by these countries.
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Brogi, Stefano, and Tamara Menichini. "Barriers and drivers towards eco-innovation for SMEs: Evidence from the context." Global Journal of Business, Economics and Management: Current Issues 11, no. 2 (2021): 80–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/gjbem.v11i2.4697.
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Eco-innovations have become a clear target of EU policy strategies. Consequently, measuring eco-innovation performance at the country level has become crucial to detect eco-innovation patterns and to design eco-innovation policy implementation. This paper focuses on EU small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the aim to understand to what extent EU funding programmes influence barriers and drivers towards SMEs’ eco-innovation performance. A correlation analysis between data from Eco-Innovation Scoreboard index and competitiveness and innovation framework programme/Entrepreneurship and innovation programme/Eco-innovation programme projects database reveals that the countries with the highest number of EU funded projects are those with the lowest levels of green early-stage investments. According to the findings, EU funding programmes reduce financial constraints that SMEs face for developing eco-innovations. This paper recommends that policymakers should keep in mind the dynamic interaction between private and public funding support, the latter is customised according to the entity of risk along the innovation cycle. Keywords: Eco-innovation, barriers, drivers, policy strategies, index.
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Lewandowska, Małgorzata Stefania. "Do Government Policies Foster Environmental Performance Of Enterprises From CEE Region?" Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 19, no. 3 (2016): 45–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cer-2016-0020.
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In recent years, EU countries, including these from the Central Eastern European (CEE) region has recognised, that eco-innovation should be treated as strategic priority of their economies. The aim of this paper is to present a cross-country analysis of the connection between eco-innovation and its main drivers within firms from selected CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania) and Germany. The empirical part is based on micro-data for Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2006–2008. Based on the results of stepwise regression between main policy actions sustaining innovation activity and eco-innovation performance we can conclude, that financial support for innovation activities has a rather limited role in promoting eco-innovation. At the same time enterprises from the CEE region regard environmental regulations as the most important drivers of eco-innovation. In Germany, a country ranked in the highest category in the Eco-Innovation Scoreboard, the variety of forces that influence eco-innovation is much more wide-ranging. This indicates that government actions should take a broader look and lay the more general bases fostering the model of a green growth.
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Sobczak, Elżbieta, Dariusz Głuszczuk, and Andrzej Raszkowski. "Eco-Innovation and Innovation Level of the Economy as a Basis for the Typology of the EU Countries." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 4 (2022): 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042005.
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The study addresses the issue of eco-innovation and innovation in the European Union countries, which is important from the perspective of the sustainable development paradigm. Innovation constitutes a significant factor related to socio-economic development, and it is crucial in constructing the competitive advantage of enterprises, regions, and countries. Nowadays, an increasing importance is attached to eco-innovations, which takes into account the ecological perspective ensuring the reduction of environmental burdens. The purpose of the conducted research was to assess the diversity among the European Union countries regarding the situation related to eco-innovation and innovation, which is focused on the typology of the EU Member States taking a holistic approach to innovation, i.e., considering not only economic but also environmental and social performance. The methods of multivariate statistical analysis, with a particular emphasis on classification methods, were used in the research. A holistic overview of innovation results from the combination of findings based on the research was carried out within the framework of the Eco-Innovation Observatory and the European Innovation Scoreboard. The study covered 28 European Union countries in the period 2013–2019. As a result of the conducted analyses, four classes of the EU Member States were identified (Leaders of Eco-Innovation and Innovation, Moderate Eco-Innovators and Catching-Up Leaders of Innovation, Poor Innovators, The Poorest Eco-Innovators and Innovators).
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Gallucci, Teodoro, Vesselina Dimitrova, and Georgi Marinov. "Interrelation between Eco-Innovation and Intra-Industry Trade—A Proposal for a Proxy Indicator of Sustainability in the EU Countries." Sustainability 11, no. 23 (2019): 6641. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11236641.
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The “innovation–trade” interrelation has been a subject of research for decades. Nowadays, in the context of the growing importance of sustainable development, the role of eco-innovation is essential for promoting a rapid economic growth in each country. In this sense, eco-innovation influences the level of intra-industry trade stimulating international trade to adopt environmentally-friendly technologies. In general, the evaluation of eco-innovation in EU countries is done through indicators of their degree of performance and their impact on the welfare of nations. Using Eurostat data and WITS (World Integrated Trade Solution) database for the period 2010–2018, the authors of this paper give empirical evidence of a linkage between the two indicators. The Grubel–Lloyd index is selected as an appropriate tool to show that socio-economic performance has a significant weight in eco-innovation scoreboard measurement. The results confirm that intra-industry trade of each EU country is closely related to the level of its eco-innovation index. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to test for such a type of interrelation and to show that by verifying the usefulness of eco-innovation performance in EU countries through an intra-industry trade indicator (IIT) such as the Grubel–Lloyd index.
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Irina, Rabontu Cecilia, and Babucea Ana Gabriela. "Eco-Innovation and Service Activities in the Context of Sustainable Development in Romania." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 14, no. 1 (2018): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2018.v14n1p208.
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Eco-innovation and sustainability are two concepts that follow the same driving direction in the sense that it determines each other having as purpose a decrease of the impact way of production on the environment by increasing the resistance of nature to environmental pressures and, not least, by obtaining a use of natural resources in an efficient and responsible way. The action of all stakeholders and all economic sectors in reducing aggression on the environment are increasingly asserting more stringent if there are taken into consideration the climate change or diminishing resources and biodiversity, eco-innovation being seen as an opportunity for businesses of any kind and with any object of activity. Service activities can be the beneficiaries of eco-innovation through the emergence and development of high-tech services. But, need to be aware also of the role they play in the environmental protection, in this way exemplifying a small part of them, namely: services of research and development leading to products and innovative services, sanitation services, waste management services where ecology is already a brand presentation and we refer here to ecological tourism services, etc. All these issues can lead to increased quality of life and create new jobs, for which we intend to analyze how can influence healthy to each other two actual concepts namely service activities, innovation and ecology. We also follow to determine how eco-innovation can contribute to the development of innovative services and together can reduce the adverse environmental effects by promoting healthy development and a sustainable economy. In order to achieve the objectives proposed, we analyzed the main literature on this subject and used descriptive statistical methods for interpreted the statistical data available in the official databases. The results of this study establish the relationship between eco-innovation, services, and sustainable development on the one hand, as to identify the place of Romania in the Eco- Innovation Scoreboard - Eco-IS in the European context and the exact situation existing in Romania in relation to support services for the ecoinnovation process, on the other hand.
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ALBU, Angela, Cornelia CRUCERESCU, and Nicoleta Marinela AVRAM. "ECO-INNOVATION – AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH." Journal of Social Sciences II (4) (November 22, 2019): 56–64. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3550681.
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The whole development process along the history of the society was based on the innovation and the applications of the innovation in different areas. Especially during the last century, innovation was considered the engine of the development due to its huge importance in reaching and maintaining a high rate of growth for the world’s economies. The innovation process has now a specific feature, namely the orientation to the environmental problems which affect the whole planet; according to this orientation, a new type of innovation is recognized – the eco-innovation. Our paper aims to introduce and characterize the eco-innovation, to present the importance of this process in the context of sustainable development, to highlight the EU environmental policies which include the concept of eco-innovation and to exemplify some positive achievements in the field.
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Hrynkevych, Olha, Petro Ostroverkh, Svitlana Kvak, and Vasyl Hrynkevych. "STATISTICS OF INNOVATION IN INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT." Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Economics, no. 61 (December 29, 2021): 122–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/ves.2021.61.0.6110.
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Abstract. The article aims to substantiate the areas for improvement in the innovation statistics in Ukraine for information and analytical support of circular economy development. The lack of a measurement framework for the study of this model of economic development in Ukraine, as well as the understanding of the circular economy as a basis for the SDG implementation determine the relevance of the subject study. The authors focus on the following research questions: 1. To what extent are the indicators of SDG implementation in Ukraine related to the principles of the circular economy? 2. To what extent do Ukrainian innovation statistics assess the contribution of innovation activity to the development of a circular economy? 3. What statistical tools does the European Union use to measure the circular economy development and the impact of innovation on development progress? 4. What should be the system of indicators for the circular economy development in Ukraine and the contribution of innovation to this process? This study used systemic and comparative analysis to substantiate a set of indicators used to monitor the implementation of principles of a circular economy and the introduction of environmental innovations in Ukraine. According to our study of 183 indicators of implementing SDG in Ukraine, 28 of them are related to the principles of the circular economy, and most focus on such goals as «Responsible Production and Consumption», Affordable and Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic growth. The selected indicators can be used as a database for monitoring the circular economy in Ukraine. However, the “blind spot” is the lack of indicators that measure progress of implementing the principle of reuse of resources, including secondary raw materials. In addition, there are no indicators in Ukrainian innovation statistics that measure the impact of innovation on the implementation of the principles of the closed-loop economy. A study of the EU’s experience shows that European statistics use three main tools to measure the circular economy development and innovation activity in this area: 1) Circular economy monitoring progress 2) European Innovation Scoreboard and Innovation Index 3) The Eco-Innovation Scoreboard and Eco- Innovation Index. Taking into account the European intent to integrate with Ukraine and the current state of Ukrainian statistical practice, the authors identify the following areas for its improvement: 1) the introduction of monitoring of the circular economy based on the selected indicators of the SDG and 2) expand the list of selected monitoring indicators by including indicators such as the use of circular materials and the level of recycling of various types of waste. The practical significance of the study lies in the development of a measurement framework that can be used as information and analytical support in governing the circular economy development in Ukraine. Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals, circular economy principles, innovation statistics, environmental innovation, Innovation Index, Eco-Innovation Index, monitoring, Ukraine, European Union.
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Claudia, Ogrean, and Herciu Mihaela. "Fostering Innovation in Romania. Insights from the Smart Specialization Strategies." Studies in Business and Economics 17, no. 2 (2022): 319–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2022-0041.
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Abstract Innovation has invariably been a precursor to development and competitiveness, while creating (at least temporary) barriers to differentiate between its leaders and its laggards. Although Europe is ranked the second most innovative region in the world, the EU faces a significant innovation divide, that is attenuating its footprint on the global competitiveness arena and weakening its mission of enhancing the wellbeing of all Europeans. The EU’s goal of the twin (green and digital) transition brings innovation (in its broadest sense) in the spotlight, while the EU Cohesion Policy (aiming to remedy the disparities between countries and regions) heavily relies on the smart specialization strategy as main methodology for reinforcing national and regional innovation eco-systems. In this context, the objectives of the paper are: (1) to explore Romania’s innovation performance (and profile over time) within the EU and identify the strengths and weaknesses of Romania’s innovation ecosystem – based on the analysis of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) data; (2) to examine and assess how Romania and its eight development regions address the innovation challenges through their smart specialization strategies 2021(2)-2027 – based on the content analysis of the (national and regional) S3s using QDA Miner v6.0.
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Shcherbak, Valeriia G. "RESEARCH ON THE POSSIBILITY OF INNOVATIVE INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE AND THE EU." Management 30, no. 2 (2020): 128–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30857/2415-3206.2019.2.10.
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Introduction. The revitalization of innovation in the global dimension has a significant impact on the competitiveness of the national economy. The intensification of innovation processes requires the use of innovative strategies. There is a significant differentiation of countries in terms of competitiveness and innovative development. At the present stage of reforming, the development of the economy on an innovative basis becomes one of the priorities of strengthening the competitiveness, modernization of the institutional base and effective use of the innovative potential of innovative integration of Ukraine and the EU.Hypothesis of scientific research. It is envisaged that the use of strategic priorities and mechanisms for utilizing Ukraine's innovation potential through the implementation of European practices of managing targeted innovation programs will allow developing programmatic measures to strengthen the existing and modernize the competitive advantages of innovative integration of Ukraine and the EU.The purpose of the article is setting priorities and developing a system of means of enhancing Ukraine's competitiveness on innovative grounds in the context of European integration.The research methodologyis the use of the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Innovation Index of the EU Member States. In the course of the study, the methods of systematization and taxonomy were used.Results: the position of Ukraine in the global and innovation ratings, the EU innovation scoreboard, the place of Ukraine in it, the position of Ukraine in the ranking of the countries of the world according to the Global Competitiveness Index, the Global Competitiveness Index. The analysis of differences in the development and implementation of innovative development strategies of EU Member States and Ukraine is conducted, the organizational and economic toolkit of innovative integration of Ukraine and the EU is substantiated.Conclusions: proved that macro-level competitiveness research in an innovative context is based on the methodology of calculation of such indicators as: IMD and WEF global competitiveness indices; global innovation development indices from Boston Consulting groupe and INSEAD; Eurostat European Innovation Rating (EIS); Bloomberg Agency Global Innovation Ratio (GIQ); international innovation index; composite eco-innovation index; the patent activity rating of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) allows you to find out the main directions of innovative integration of Ukraine and the EU.
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Zvarych, Ihor, and Olena Zvarych. "INNOVATIONS AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN THE SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE USE OF RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN THE REGIONS OF UKRAINE." Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 7, no. 5 (2021): 73–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2021-7-5-73-77.
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This article highlights the impact of innovation on achieving environmental sustainability of regional economic systems in the context of effective man-agement of significantly limited natural resources in modern Ukraine, which was the subject of the study, its key objective and main task. Methodology. The proposed work uses systemic and synergetic approaches, methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, historical and comparative analysis, etc. Value/originality. Consideration of the issues of regional innova-tion and environmental sustainability of regional economic systems in their combination is a novelty in modern studies of ecological-economic processes. It is exhaustively taken into account that innovation is a complex process of transformation of newly obtained ideas and goals into an actual object of eco-nomic relations. At the same time, it was found that in the conditions of trans-formation of the modern Ukrainian economy began to manifest such features as frequent and unpredictable changes in demand due to the emergence of completely new needs, which can be satisfied only by qualitatively new, pre-dominantly knowledge-intensive products. Therefore, there is an urgent need to restructure regional economies on a fundamentally new basis, which provides a real opportunity to reproduce the existing innovation potential, improve the innovation and technological level of all spheres of economic activity in the re-gion and achieve a much higher degree of competitiveness. At the same time, given the significant role of innovation processes in improving and ensuring the proper environmental sustainability of regional eco-nomic systems, the def-inition of appropriate tasks, taking into account their characteristics, is a pre-requisite for the effective management of natural resources of the country as a whole and its regions. Therefore, in European practice, the European Innova-tion Scoreboard (EIS), calculated by Eurostat, is used to determine the achieved level of regional innovation development. At the same time, the methodology used in its basis to assess the effectiveness of national research innovative projects is not without criticism. And one of the main criticisms was the absence of a conceptual or theoretical model of innovation. Simultane-ously, this paper proposes a fundamentally new approach to determining the effectiveness of innovation in the hierarchical-regional dimension, which is based on the use of appropriate tools of multidimensional statistical analysis and statistics of the European Union (in particular, Eurostat) and the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. In addition, synchronously with their standardi-zation, based on the obtained values of innovation levels in the regions, matri-ces were formed separately for incoming and outgoing regional innovation in-dices. Result. The achieved levels of innovativeness of Ukrainian regions in the context of ensuring appropriate environmental sustainability of their economic systems in the management of significantly limited natural resources were de-termined. Practical implications. Another real opportunity has arisen to signif-icantly improve the management of the available natural resources of each re-gion and the state as a whole in terms of ensuring the proper environmental sustainability of regional economic systems.
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Brogi, Stefano, and Tamara Menichini. "Do the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Influence Eco-innovation Performance? Evidences from the EU Context." December 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n4p292.
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Eco-innovation has become a clear target of EU policy strategies. Consequently, detecting drivers of eco-innovation has become crucial to design effective eco-innovation policies. The paper focuses on the adoption of ISO 14001 standard, with the aim to investigate to what extent the ISO certification of Environmental Management Systems influences eco-innovation performance. A correlation analysis between data from European Eco-Innovation Scoreboard interactive tool (ECO-IS) reveals that, at EU country level, there is no a significant correlation between the number of ISO 14001 certified organizations and the level of some selected Eco-Innovation performance indicators. Both the number of companies that have developed innovations with environmental benefits and the number of patents in environmentally-related technologies are not significantly related to the number of companies with ISO 14001 certification. Similar results were obtained by considering only Eco-Innovation leaders, that is EU countries with above-average Eco-Innovation Index values. These empirical evidences arise some questions and policy suggestions that will be discussed.Keywords: Eco-innovation drivers; Environmental Management Systems; ISO 14001 certification; Eco-Innovation Scoreboard; Eco-Innovation Index.
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Brogi, Stefano, and Tamara Menichini. "Barriers and drivers towards eco-innovation for SMEs: Evidence from the context." September 27, 2021. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjbem.v11i2.4697.
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Eco-innovations have become a clear target of EU policy strategies. Consequently, measuring eco-innovation performance at the country level has become crucial to detect eco-innovation patterns and to design eco-innovation policy implementation. This paper focuses on EU small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the aim to understand to what extent EU funding programmes influence barriers and drivers towards SMEs' eco-innovation performance. A correlation analysis between data from Eco-Innovation Scoreboard index and competitiveness and innovation framework programme/Entrepreneurship and innovation programme/Eco-innovation programme projects database reveals that the countries with the highest number of EU funded projects are those with the lowest levels of green early-stage investments. According to the findings, EU funding programmes reduce financial constraints that SMEs face for developing eco-innovations. This paper recommends that policymakers should keep in mind the dynamic interaction between private and public funding support, the latter is customised according to the entity of risk along the innovation cycle. Keywords: Eco-innovation, barriers, drivers, policy strategies, index.
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Jesic, Jelena, Andrea Okanovic, and Andrea Andrejevic Panic. "Net zero 2050 as an EU priroty: modeling a system for efficient investments in eco innovation for climate change mitigation." Energy, Sustainability and Society 11, no. 1 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13705-021-00326-0.
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Abstract Background The study background is based on the fact that The Recovery Plan for Europe envisages investing 30% of the huge budget in climate change, with the goal of zero gas emission by 2050. This ambitious plan will require (for now indefinitely) investments in research and innovation. The study’s main objective is to check and analyze the existing and propose a new model of effective investments in eco-innovation. This will contribute to effective long-term investment policy, climate change impact, and mitigation of consequences. Methods The basic methodological tools for solving the problems discussed in this study were correlation analysis, regression analysis, and paired sample t-test. All calculations were performed in the SPSS 20 statistical software. Time series data of the selected indicators were obtained from the European Innovation Scoreboard 2020. The database used to collect the data for the EU member countries and selected third countries for the analysis is the European Innovation Scoreboard 2020. To avoid sample selection bias, the authors considered all of the available data for all the member countries and selected third countries in the European Innovation Scoreboard 2020 for the 2012 to 2019 period. Results The study results show the path developing countries should follow in directing their inevitable and increasing eco-innovation investments, taking into account the arguments of structural differences in financing Research and Development (R&D). The authors’ findings support the thesis that investments in R&D is low in developing countries, while in developed EU countries, there are more investments in R&D from the business sector for the 2012–2019 period. Conclusions Study conclusions are summarized as a proposal of the appropriate R&D financing model approach to developing countries with a greater share of eco-innovation and self-sustainable R&D financing for climate preserving products. This study is important as it provides new evidence on financing R&D investments in innovation leader countries and emerging innovator countries according to Summary Innovation Index.
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Pakulska, Jolanta. "Nakłady na innowacje ekologiczne w krajach Unii Europejskiej w latach 2010‒2018." Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae 18, no. 2 (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.21697/seb.2020.18.2.05.
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Innowacje ekologiczne są we współczesnej gospodarce ważnym czynnikiem wzrostu gospodarczego. Z tego powodu Unia Europejska kładzie duży nacisk na analizę poziomu ekoinnowacyjności gospodarek krajów członkowskich. Instrumentem wykorzystywanym do tego celu jest Eco-Innovation Scoreboard, który ilustruje, jak bardzo poziom innowacji ekologicznych w krajach członkowskich różni się od średniej UE, wskazując przy tym mocne i słabe strony każdego z państw. W obliczu narastających problemów środowiskowych stale rośnie rola przedsięwzięć minimalizujących negatywny wpływ działalności gospodarczej na środowisko. Istotną rolę w tym procesie ogrywają właśnie ekoinnowacje. Celem artykułu jest analiza zróżnicowania nakładów na innowacje ekologiczne w krajach UE, jak też analiza wskaźników cząstkowych składających się na wskaźnik nakładów. Nakłady na ekoinnowacje mają za zadanie wspierać ekoinnowacje i obejmują zarówno aspekty finansowe, jak też ludzkie. Brane są tutaj pod uwagę działania na rzecz ekoinnowacji w różnego rodzaju organizacjach, m.in. w przedsiębiorstwach i instytucjach badawczych. W analizie nakładów na ekoinnowacje uwzględnia się wielkość rządowych wydatków na środowiskowe i energetyczne B+R, liczbę pracowników i badaczy B+R oraz wielkość zielonych inwestycji. W opracowaniu zastosowano metodę opisową, analizę dynamiki zmian w czasie wskaźników oraz metody statystyczne pozwalające ocenić zróżnicowanie wskaźników pomiędzy poszczególnymi krajami członkowskimi.