Diffusion, drivers and motivations of the Innovations With Environmental Benefits (IWEBs) in the Italian industrial system: a preliminary study on data from the Community Innovation Survey

Roberto Iorio (), Rosamaria D'Amore and Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera
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Roberto Iorio: CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy, Postal: via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 - Fisciano (SA), ITALY
Rosamaria D'Amore: Link Campus University, Department of Human Sciences
Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera: Link Campus University, Department of Human Sciences

No 169, CELPE Discussion Papers from CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy

Abstract: Analyzing data from the 2020 Community Innovation Survey for Italy, we study the phenomenon of eco-innovation, that is the introduction of Innovations With Environmental Benefits (IWEBs). We aim to give an idea of the attitude of firms towards the changes deriving from climate change, of the magnitude of ecoinnovation phenomenon in Italy, of the benefits deriving from eco-innovations, of the reasons that induce firms to introduce them. We analyze whether and to what extent the importance attributed to environmental factors is effectively translated in the introduction of IWEBs, if and how the importance given to different motivations for introducing an IWEB is related to the number of benefits it generates. We also study if and how some characteristics of the firms, like sector, size, human capital, have a relationship with the probability to introduce an IWEB, both directly and influencing the motivations related to the eco-innovation.

Keywords: Environmental economics; Eco-innovations; Determinants of innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 Q55 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2024-11-19
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