Indicator Systems for Sustainable Innovation

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Jens Horbach
Springer Science & Business Media, 2005 M01 14 - 206 pages

In the recent past, environmental innovations have led to a considerable reduction of many pollutants; however, further innovation is required to tackle remaining pollution sources. This work analyses the significance and the effects of framework conditions on innovation activities that contribute to the realisation of a sustainable development. The book links the experiences of different research projects with the aim to develop a system of indicators to evaluate sustainable effects of (environmental) innovations. A comprehensive framework for an indicator system is established that allows to include different environmental innovation fields such as process innovations in the steel production, substitution of dangerous chemicals, organisational innovations in the field of waste disposal or sustainable water management.

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Methodological Aspects of an Indicator System for Sustainable Innovation
1
The Innovation Effects of Environmental Policy Instruments
21
Indicators for a Sustainable Technology Development A Dynamic Perspective
43
Indicators for Lead Markets of Environmental Innovations
71
Policy Impacts on Macroeconomic Sustainability Indicators when Technical Change Is Endogenous
95
Indicators for Innovations Towards Prevention of Toxic Risks
107
Environmental Innovations in the Chemical Industry Case Studies in a Historical Perspective
125
A Sustainable Innovation Scorecard for the Electronics Industry Innovation System
143
Water Management Towards Sustainability An Indicator System to Assess Innovations
179
List of Contributors
205
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