ECO-INNOVATION, FIRM'S PERFORMANCE AND POLICY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- NICOLO' BARBIERI
- Credits
- 7
- Curriculum
- Green economy and sustainability
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- SECS-P/02
Training objectives
- The course provides students with both fundamental knowledge and the latest research developments concerning environmental innovations - "eco-innovation" - following a micro and macro economic perspective. Moreover, the course aims at increasing students' skills in the field of data management.
Prerequisites
- No prerequisites.
Course programme
- The course is characterized by two complementary modules:
1) Eco- innovation and economic performance, which is focused on the concept of EI, its determinants and effect on the economic system.
2) Environmental regulation and eco- innovation, which focuses on the effectiveness of environmental regulation at spurring EI activities
Each module is structured into two parts. The first part focuses on the fundamentals of the theory on environmental innovation. The second part analyses the most recent and applied developments in the literature on the subject.
Topics covered include:
1. Environmental innovation introduction, definitions and dimensions
2. Barriers
3. Determinants
4. Case studies of significant success / failure
5. Empirical Applications and tools to analyse innovation from existing databases (Patent module)
6. Analysis of the environmental effects of innovation on the short and long-term competitiveness, with micro and macro economic focuses
7. Analysis of the environmental effect of EI
8. Relationship between environmental regulation and EI, its effects on competitiveness (Porter Hypothesis) and firms' localization choices (pollution haven hypothesis)
9. Analysis of environmental regulations and measurement methods (eg. OECD environmental indicators stringency)
10. Green Jobs. Didactic methods
- Lectures. Each lecture will be recorded and uploaded in Google Classroom. The class code is available on the course website.
Learning assessment procedures
- 1- Written Essay following the rules described and reported on the course website. The essay will focus on one of the topics of the course.
2- Written exam (open questions). The student has to answer to three questions.
The essay will contribute to 50% of the final evaluation, while the other 50% is determined by the results of the written exam. Reference texts
- Book:
Kemp, R., Arundel, A., Rammer, C., Miedzinski, M., Tapia, C., Barbieri, N., Turkeli, S., Bassi, A.M., Mazzanti, M., Chapman, D., Diaz López, F., McDowall, W. (2019) Maastricht Manual on Measuring Eco-Innovation for a Green Economy, Inno4SD network, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Papers:
- Aghion et al., (2002).Competition and innovation: An inverted U relationship (No. w9269). National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Ambec et al., (2013). The Porter hypothesis at 20: can environmental regulation enhance innovation and competitiveness?.Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 7(1), 2-22.
- Barbieri, N., Ghisetti, C., Gilli, M., Marin, G., & Nicolli, F. (2016). A Survey of the Literature on Environmental Innovation Based on Main Path Analysis. Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(3), 596-623.
- Barbieri, N., Marzucchi, A., & Rizzo, U. (2018). Knowledge sources and impacts on subsequent inventions: Do green technologies differ from non-green ones?. (SWPS 2018-11) Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) Working Paper Series.
- Barbieri, N., Perruchas, F., & Consoli, D. (2018). Specialization, diversification and environmental technology life-cycle. (No. 1838). Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography
- Barbieri, N. (2016). Fuel prices and the invention crowding out effect: Releasing the automotive industry from its dependence on fossil fuel. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 111, 222-234.
- Cole, M. A. (2004). Trade, the pollution haven hypothesis and the environmental Kuznets curve: examining the linkages. Ecological economics,48(1), 71-81.
- Costantini, V. and Mazzanti, M. (2012) On the green and innovative side of trade competitiveness? The impact of environmental policies and innovation on EU exports. Research Policy 41(1): 132–153.
- Ekins, P. (2010) Eco-innovation for environmental sustainability: concepts, progress and policies. International Economics and Economic Policy 7(2-3): 267–290.
- Ghisetti et al., (2015) The open eco-innovation mode. An empirical investigation of eleven European countries. Research Policy 44(5): 1080-1093.
- Horbach, J. (2008) Determinants of environmental innovation—new evidence from German panel data sources. Research Policy 37(1): 163–173.
- Horbach, J., Rammer, C. and Rennings, K. (2012) Determinants of eco-innovations by type of environmental impact—the role of regulatory push/pull, technology push and market pull. Ecological Economics 78: 112–122.
- Lanoie, P., Laurent-Lucchetti, J., Johnstone, N. and Ambec, S. (2011) Environmental policy, innovation and performance: new insights on the Porter hypothesis. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 20(3): 803–842.
- Miao, Q., & Popp, D. (2014). Necessity as the mother of invention: Innovative responses to natural disasters. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 68(2), 280-295.
- Nesta, L., Vona, F. and Nicolli, F. (2014) Environmental policies, competition and innovation in renewable energy. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 67(3): 396–411.
- Perruchas, F., Consoli, D. & Barbieri, N. (2019). Specialisation, Diversification and the Ladder of Green Technology Development. (SWPS 2019-07) Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) Working Paper Series.
- Porter, M. E. and van der Linde, C. (1995) Toward a new conception of the environment-competitiveness relationship. Journal of Economic Perspectives 97–118.
- Rennings, K. (2000) Redefining innovation—eco-innovation research and the contribution from ecological economics. Ecological Economics 32(2): 319–332.
- Sbardella, A., Perruchas, F., Napolitano, L., Barbieri, N., & Consoli, D. (2018). Green Technology Fitness. Entropy, 20(10), 776. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/e20100776)
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