Towards Environmental Innovation Systems

Merging Research Perspectives on Innovation Systems and Environmental Innovation: An Introduction....Pages 1-7
On the Co-Evolution of Technologies and Institutions....Pages 9-31
The Management of the Co-Evolution of Technical, Environmental and Social Systems....Pages 33-55
Technological Regimes, Environmental Performance and Innovation Systems: Tracing the Links....Pages 57-80
Can Poland\'s Success in Environmental Policy Reforms Translate into Technological Innovation for Environment?....Pages 81-96
Sustainable Development and the Regional Dimension of the Innovation System....Pages 97-113
Green Innovation in Nordic Energy Industry: Systemic Contexts and Dynamic Trajectories....Pages 115-136
Public Policy, Voluntary Initiatives and Water Benign Process Innovations: Empirical Evidence from the West German Chemical Industry during the Mid-1990s....Pages 137-157
Government and Environmental Innovation in Europe and North America....Pages 159-174
Ecological Modernisation and the Creation of Lead Markets....Pages 175-193
Innovation, Time and Sustainability....Pages 195-207
Integrated Long-Term Strategies to Induce Regime Shifts towards Sustainability: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management....Pages 209-236
Policies and Conditions for Environmental Innovation and Management in Industry....Pages 237-249
The Need for Environmental Innovation Indicators and Data from a Policy Perspective....Pages 251-267
Innovations in the Environmental Policy System: Voluntary, Collaborative and Information-Based Policies in the United States and the Netherlands....Pages 269-281
The IPPC Directive and Factors Influencing the Economic and Environmental Performance of Firms and Plants in the Cement, Non-Ferrous Metals and Pulp and Paper Sectors in the EU....Pages 283-299
Back-Casting for Environmental Sustainability: From STD and SusHouse towards Implementation....Pages 301-318
Towards Environmental Innovation — A Policy Synthesis....Pages 319-323