The level of eco-innovations in the EU Member States

Małgorzata Rutkowska and Jolanta Pakulska

No WORMS/18/02, WORking papers in Management Science (WORMS) from Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Abstract: The development of eco-innovation is a necessary ‘tool’ to permanently reduce human pressure on the environment and efficient use of dwindling natural resources. Increasingly, however, literature emphasizes the role of eco-innovation as one of the basic factors of sustainable development. The article presents issues concerning eco-innovation, its later part analyses the capabilities and limitations of their introduction to the economy of selected European Union countries, including Poland. The aim of the study is to systematize the knowledge of environmental investment, and to indicate the possibility and necessity of their continuous development. The methodology used is based on an analysis of available literature and analysis of statistical data.

Keywords: Eco-innovation; Eco-IS in EU countries; Eco-innovation inputs and outputs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 O39 Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2018-02-07
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Published in: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on European Integration 2018, ICEI 2018 : May 17-18, 2018, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Pt. 3 / [Eds. Michaela Staníčková i in.]. Ostrava : VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, cop. 2018. p. 1247-1255.

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