Are environmental innovators persistent?. Issue 11 (19th September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Le Bas, Christian; Poussing, Nicolas
• Is Part Of: Journal of environmental planning and management. Volume 61:Issue 11(2018)
• Page Start: 1955
• Page End: 1972
• Publication Date: 2018-09-19
• Subjects: firm innovation persistence -- environmental innovation -- community innovation survey -- firm size; City planning -- Periodicals; City planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 333.7
• DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1397504
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0964-0568

Abstract

Abstract : A growing body of literature concerns innovation persistence, but does not deal with environmental innovation, which is an important topic in the context of global warming. In this paper, we contribute to this literature by testing whether environmental innovators are persistent. Our empirical approach rests on the use of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2008 and CIS 2010 data for firms from Luxembourg. Due to the lack of harmonisation, we are obliged to carry out a consistent statistical retreatment related to the data. Our probit models show that environmental technological innovators are persistent. The phenomenon of environmental innovation persistence is also positively affected by regulation and voluntary measures.