Towards Environmental Innovation Systems [Hardcover]

Here is a dialog among worldwide experts across disciplines concerning theoretical frameworks and practical experiences to guide research and policy towards environmental innovation systems . The contributors explore new directions of research at the border of two research traditions: systems of innovation and environmental innovations. The text examines the four main components of environmental innovation systems: conceptual foundations, empirical experiences, strategic approaches, and experiences with policy instruments.

Co-Evolution of Technical, Environmental and Social Systems.- On the Co-Evolution of Technologies and Institutions.- The Management of the Co-Evolution of Technical, Environmental and Social Systems.- Technological Regimes, Environmental Performance and Innovation Systems: Tracing the Links.- Merging Research Perspectives on Innovation Systems and Environmental Innovation: An Introduction.- National, Regional and Sectoral Innovation Systems and Sustainable Development.- Can Poland's Success in Environmental Policy Reforms Translate into Technological Innovation for Environment?.- Sustainable Development and the Regional Dimension of the Innovation System.- Green Innovation in Nordic Energy Industry: Systemic Contexts and Dynamic Trajectories.- Public Policy, Voluntary Initiatives and Water Benign Process Innovations: Empirical Evidence from the West German Chemical Industry during the Mid-1990s.- Strategies for Environment and Innovation.- Government and Environmental Innovation in Europe and North America.- Ecological Modernisation and the Creation of Lead Markets.- Innovation, Time and Sustainability.- Integrated Long-Term Strategies to Induce Regime Shifts towards Sustainability: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management.- Policies and Conditions for Environmental Innovation and Management in Industry.- Policy Assessment (Issues) and New Requirements.- The Need for Environmental Innovation Indicators and Data from a Policy Pl³¬