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020			_a9781788111829 (e-book)
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050		4	_aHD9502.5.C542 _bS53 2018
100	1		_aSica, Edgardo, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFirms, finance, and sustainable transitions : _bthe financial constraints of eco-innovation companies / _cEdgardo Sica (Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Italy).
264		1	_bEdward Elgar,
300			_a1 online resource (176 pages)
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aContents: Preface -- 1. Defining eco-innovations: characteristics, typologies, and socio-economic approaches -- 2. The drivers of eco-innovations -- 3. Eco-innovations and finance theory -- 4. Eco-innovations and companies' financial constraints: a multilevel perspective model -- 5. Financial constraints and incremental eco-innovations: insights from manufacturing companies -- 6. Financial constraints and radical eco-innovations: the case of the anaerobic digestion and biogas niche -- Conclusions -- Index.
520			_aThis thought-provoking book introduces a financial economics perspective to the topic of eco-innovations and, more generally, sociotechnical transitions. It develops a model that illustrates how financial constraints can prevent the development of eco-innovations within companies and hinder the transition process towards a more sustainable regime. Edgardo Sica presents a review of the state of the art, as well as new data from original surveys aimed at testing the impact of financial constraints on eco-innovative decisions at radical and niche levels. He proposes a definitive conceptualisation of eco-innovations while stressing the relevance of the environmental performance of innovations, rather than the environmental motivation of the innovators. Through the use of a unique multilevel perspective model, the book critically analyses the extent to which financial constraints can hinder eco-innovative decisions, thereby crucially filling a gap in the current literature on eco-innovations. Firms, Finance and Sustainable Transitions will prove a stimulating read for academics, researchers and experts within the fields of eco-innovations, sustainable development, financial and environmental economics, and green finance.
588			_aDescription based on print record.
650		0	_aClean energy industries _xFinance.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing, _epublisher.
776	1		_z9781788111812 (hardback)
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781788111812/9781788111812.xml
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