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http://dx.doi.org/10.15488/15346 |
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https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/15466 |
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dc.contributor.author |
Hansmeier, Hendrik
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eng |
dc.date.accessioned |
2023-11-20T14:08:25Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-11-20T14:08:25Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2023 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Hansmeier, Hendrik: Regional Perspectives on Eco-Innovation: Actors, Specialisations and Transition Trajectories. Hannover : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität, Diss., 2023, VIII, 144 S., DOI: https://doi.org/10.15488/15346 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Tackling human-caused global warming and ecological degradation requires rapid transformative change in production and consumption patterns. In this regard, eco-innovations represent a cornerstone for reducing environmental burdens and strengthening sustainability. However, recent global efforts to scale up eco-innovations are confronted with strong spatial differences in their development and application. Against this background, the growing literature on the geography of innovation-based transformative change particularly emphasises the importance of regional specificities emanating mainly from institutions, technologies and actors.
While many studies have explored eco-innovations’ enabling and constraining conditions at the regional level, scholarly debates lack insights into the extent to which eco-innovation activities in regions are carried out by incumbents or start-ups. Put differently, little is known about regional specialisations, i.e. regional comparative advantages, with regard to these two types of eco-innovation actors. This dissertation therefore sets out to gain a regionally nuanced understanding of the contribution of incumbents and start-ups to eco-innovation activities and its development over time. To ensure a broad and comparative perspective on green regional development, this research focuses on both sector-specific and general eco-innovation activities in German regions.
By systematically reviewing the extensive yet fragmented body of research that revolves around the geography of eco-innovations, this dissertation first reveals complementarities that harbour promising avenues for future research. These conceptual elaborations are then followed by empirical investigations on regional eco-innovation specialisations using a novel data set on green patents and green start-ups. The findings suggest heterogeneous and persistent specialisation patterns of regions, while it is rather the exception that eco-innovation activities in regions are driven by both established actors and start-ups. In order to foster eco-innovations, a sustainability-oriented innovation policy should take greater account of the heterogeneity and path dependency of regional actor specialisations. |
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eng |
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Hannover : Institutionelles Repositorium der Leibniz Universität Hannover |
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dc.relation.hasversion |
Teile der Dissertation sind bei internationalen Zeitschriften in Begutachtung aber noch nicht veröffentlicht. |
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dc.rights |
Es gilt deutsches Urheberrecht. Das Dokument darf zum eigenen Gebrauch kostenfrei genutzt, aber nicht im Internet bereitgestellt oder an Außenstehende weitergegeben werden. |
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dc.subject |
eco-innovations |
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dc.subject |
sustainability transitions |
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dc.subject |
regional specialisations |
eng |
dc.subject |
green regional development |
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dc.subject |
incumbents |
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dc.subject |
start-ups |
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dc.subject |
Umweltinnovation |
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dc.subject |
Nachhaltigkeitstransition |
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dc.subject |
regionale Spezialisierungen |
ger |
dc.subject |
grüne Regionalentwicklung |
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dc.subject |
etablierte Akteure |
ger |
dc.subject |
Start-ups |
ger |
dc.subject.ddc |
330 | Wirtschaft
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eng |
dc.subject.ddc |
910 | Geografie, Reisen
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eng |
dc.title |
Regional Perspectives on Eco-Innovation: Actors, Specialisations and Transition Trajectories |
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dc.type |
DoctoralThesis |
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dc.type |
Text |
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dc.description.version |
publishedVersion |
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tib.accessRights |
frei zug�nglich |
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