Journal
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages 49-64Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2018.04.002
Keywords
Low-tech industries; Food industry; Open innovation; Eco-innovation
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [ECO2015-70262-R]
- University of Castilla-La Mancha [GI20174083]
- government of Castilla-La Mancha
- European Social Fund [SBPLY/16/180501/000486]
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The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of open innovation strategies on eco-innovation by accounting for type of innovation (product vs. process) and novelty degree (radical vs. incremental) in the context of the Spanish food and beverage manufacturing industry over the period 2008-2014. We find that the breadth of external knowledge sources has a positive effect on firms' adoption of most eco-innovations. However, the depth of these sources is only significant for process, product, and incremental eco-innovations related to a more efficient use of materials and energy, but not for radical ones. Moreover, our analysis confirms the presence of path dependence and the influence of both market demand and regulatory factors on adoption in general. Nevertheless, important differences with respect to the influence of embodied R&D, non-embodied R&D, training, external R&D, and cooperation on each type of eco-innovation are highlighted while controlling for past eco-innovation behaviour, size, and age of the firm. (C) 2018 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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