Making or breaking environmental innovation?

Paula Kivimaa and Petrus Kautto

Management Research Review, 2010, vol. 33, issue 4, 289-305

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of internationally changing market conditions versus national innovation systems (NIS) for environmental innovation in a transforming industry sector, the Nordic pulp and paper industry. Design/methodology/approach - Based on several case studies of technological innovations in the sector, using data triangulation, crucial factors for environmental innovation are analyzed. The cases focus on bioenergy technologies in pulp mills and on new products from fiber. Findings - While NIS still supports the networks through which innovations are created, the formation of innovation markets is increasingly dependent on international developments. Environmental innovation is most likely to occur when momentum is created by simultaneous changes in private and policy‐created markets. Environmental policies, increasingly originating at the EU level, have added the final impetus for bioenergy technologies, while for new products the policy effect has been smaller. Practical implications - National innovation policies must be designed to take into account the internationalizing influences on environmental innovation. Originality/value - The paper shows the continued importance of NIS in a low‐and‐medium technology sector despite internationalizing markets.

Keywords: Innovation; Environmental management; Paper industry; Finland; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1108/01409171011030426

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