Firms, finance, and sustainable transitions the financial constraints of eco-innovation companies

This thought-provoking book introduces a financial economics perspective to the topic of eco-innovations and, more generally, sociotechnical transitions. It develops a model that illustrates how financial constraints can prevent the development of eco-innovations within companies and hinder the tran...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sica, Edgardo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar 2018, 2018
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Preface
  • 1. Defining eco-innovations: characteristics, typologies, and socio-economic approaches
  • 2. The drivers of eco-innovations
  • 3. Eco-innovations and finance theory
  • 4. Eco-innovations and companies' financial constraints: a multilevel perspective model
  • 5. Financial constraints and incremental eco-innovations: insights from manufacturing companies
  • 6. Financial constraints and radical eco-innovations: the case of the anaerobic digestion and biogas niche
  • Conclusions
  • Index