The development and market success of eco-innovations: A comparative study of eco-innovations and “other” innovations in Sweden

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-302

  Halila, Fawzi ^a   Rundquist, Jonas ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Environmental innovation; Environmental management; Green innovation; Innovation; Sustainable development; Sustainable innovation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960628143     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601061111148807     Document Type: Article

References (96)

1. Ahrens, T. (1992), Tillväxtföretagets drivkrafter, Almqvist & Wiksell Ekonomiförlagen, Malmö.
2. Aldrich, H.E. and Zimmer, C. (1986), “Entrepreneurship through social networks”, in Sexton, D. and Kasarda, J. (Eds), The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship, Ballinger, Cambridge, MA.
3. Aragón-Correa, J. and Sharma, S. (2003), “A contingent resource-based view of proactive corporate environmental strategy”, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 71–88.
4. Balachandra, B. and Friar, J.H. (1997), “Factors for success in R&D projects and new product innovation: a contextual framework”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 44 No. 3, pp. 276–87.
5. Balbontin, A., Yazdani, B., Cooper, R. and Souder, W.E. (1999), “New product development success factors in American and British firms”, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 259–80.
6. Barth, H. (2004), “Barriers to growth and development in small firms”, PhD dissertation, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå.
7. Beise, M. and Rennings, K. (2003), Lead Markets of Environmental Innovations: A Framework for Innovation and Environmental Economics, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim.
8. Benbasat, I., Goldstein, D. and Mead, M. (1987), “The case research strategy in studies of information systems”, MIS Quarterly, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 369–86.
9. Berggren, B., Lindström, G. and Olofsson, C. (2001), “Tillväxt och finansiering i mindre företag”, in Davidsson, P., Delmar, F. and Wiklund, J. (Eds), Tillväxtföretagen i Sverige, SNS Förlag, Stockholm.
10. Birley, S. (1985), “The role of networks in the entrepreneurial process”, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 107–17.
11. Brown, S.L. and Eisenhardt, K.M. (1995), “Product development: past research, present findings, and future directions”, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 343–78.
12. Caird, S. (1994), “How important is the innovator for the commercial success of innovative products in SMEs?”, Technovation, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 71–83.
13. Cantono, S. and Silverberg, G. (2009), “A percolation model of eco-innovation diffusion: the relationship between diffusion, learning economies and subsidies”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 76 No. 4, pp. 487–96.
14. Carpenter, M.A., Geletkanycz, M.A. and Sanders, W.G. (2004), “Upper echelons research revisited: antecedents, elements, and consequences of top management team composition”, Journal of Management, Vol. 30 No. 6, pp. 749–78.
15. Carter, D.E. (1982), “Evaluating commercial projects”, Research Technology Management, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 26–30.
16. Cooper, R.G. (1979), “The dimensions of industrial new product success and failure”, Journal of Marketing, Vol. 43 No. 3, pp. 93–103.
17. Cooper, R.G. (1981), “An empirically derived new product project selection model”, IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 54–61.
18. Cooper, R.G. (1993), Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
19. Cooper, R.G. (1996), “Overhauling the new product process”, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 465–82.
20. Cooper, R.G. and Kleinschmidt, E.J. (1987), “New products: what separates winners from losers?”, Journal of Product Innovation and Management, Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 169–84.
21. Cooper, R.G. and Kleinschmidt, E.J. (1995), “Benchmarking the firm's critical success factors in product development”, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 374–91.
22. Crawford, C.M. (1991), New Products Management, Irwin, Boston, MA.
23. Crevoisier, O. (1999), “Innovation and the city”, in Malecki, E. and Oinas, P. (Eds), Making Connections: Technological Learning and Regional Economic Change, Ashgate, Aldershot.
24. Duchesneau, D.A. and Gartner, W.B. (1990), “A profile of new venture success and failure in emerging industries”, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 5 No. 5, pp. 297–321.
25. Edquist, C. (1977), Teknik, samhälle och energi, Cavefors Bokförlag, Lund.
26. Edquist, C. (1997), Systems of Innovation: Technologies, Institutions and Organizations, Pinter, London.
27. Eisenhardt, K. (1989), “Building theories from case study research”, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 532–50.
28. Eliashberg, J. and Chatterjee, R. (1986), “Stochastic issues in innovation diffusion models”, in Mahajan, V. and Wind, Y. (Eds), Innovation Diffusion Models of New Product Acceptance, Ballinger, Cambridge, MA.
29. Eliasson, G. and Eliasson, Å. (1996), “The biotechnological competence bloc”, Revue d'Economie Industrielle, Vol. 78 No. 4, pp. 7–26.
30. Ernst, H. (2002), “Success factors of new product development: a review of the empirical literature”, International Journal of Management Reviews, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 1–40.
31. Feldman, M.P. and Kogler, D.F. (2008), “The contribution of public entities to innovation and technological change”, in Shane, S. (Ed.), Handbook on Technology and Innovation Management, Wiley, Chichester.
32. Freeman, C. (1991), “Networks of innovators: a synthesis of research issues”, Research Policy, Vol. 20 No. 5, pp. 499–514.
33. Gartner, W.B. (1989), “Some suggestions for research on entrepreneurial traits and characteristics”, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 27–38.
34. Gompers, P. and Lerner, J. (2001), The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth, Harvard Business School Press, Cambridge, MA.
35. Granovetter, M. (1973), “The strength of weak ties”, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78 No. 6, pp. 1360–80.
36. Granovetter, M. (1982), “The strength of weak ties: a network theory revisited”, in Marsden, P.V. and Lin, N. (Eds), Social Structure and Network Analysis, SAGE Publications, Beverly Hills, CA.
37. Granovetter, M. (1985), “Economic action and social structure: the problem of embeddedness”, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 91 No. 3, pp. 481–510.
38. Green, K., McMeekin, A. and Irwin, A. (1994), “Technological trajectories and R&D for environmental innovation in UK firms”, Futures, Vol. 26 No. 10, pp. 1047–59.
39. Griffin, A. (1997), “PDMA research on new product development practices: updating trends and benchmarking best practices”, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 14 No. 6, pp. 429–58.
40. Guagnano, G.A. (2001), “Altruism and market-like behavior: an analysis of willingness to pay for recycled paper products”, Population and Environment, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 425–38.
41. Halila, F. (2007), “The adoption and diffusion of environmental innovations”, PhD dissertation, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå.
42. Hall, B. (2005), “Innovation and diffusion”, in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
43. Hambrick, D.C. and Mason, P.A. (1984), “Upper echelons: the organization as a reflection of its top managers”, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 93–106.
44. Hemmelskamp, J. (1997), “Environmental policy instruments and their effects on innovation”, European Planning Studies, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 177–94.
45. Henard, D.H. and Szymanski, D.M. (2001), “Why some new products are more successful than others”, Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 362–75.
46. Hörte, S.Å. and Halila, F. (2007), Är miljöinnovationer mindre framgångsrika än andra innovationer?, NUTEK, Stockholm.
47. Jänicke, M. (2008), “Ecological modernisation: new perspectives”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 557–65.
48. Johannisson, B. (2000), “Networking and entrepreneurial growth”, in Sexton, D.L. and Landström, H. (Eds), The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship, Blackwell, Oxford.
49. Kemp, R. (1997), Environmental Policy and Technical Change, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
50. Larson, A. and Starr, J.A. (1993), “A network model of organization formation”, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Vol. 17 No. 2, pp. 5–15.
51. Lundvall, B.-Å. (Ed.) (1992), National Systems of Innovation: Towards a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning, Pinter Publishers, London.
52. Lundvall, B.-Å., Johnson, B., Andersen, E.S. and Dalum, B. (2002), “National systems of production, innovation and competence building”, Research Policy, Vol. 31 No. 2, pp. 213–31.
53. McGinnis, M.A. and Ackelsberg, M.R. (1983), “Effective innovation management: missing link in strategic planning?”, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 59–66.
54. Mahajan, V. and Wind, Y. (1992), “New product models: practice, shortcomings and desired improvements”, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 128–39.
55. Maidique, M.A. and Zirger, B.J. (1984), “A study of success and failure in product innovation: the case of the US electronics industry”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 192–203.
56. Meredith, J. (1998), “Building operation management theory through case and field research”, Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 441–54.
57. Montoya-Weiss, M.M. and Calantone, R. (1994), “Determinants of new product performance: a review and meta analysis”, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 11 No. 5, pp. 397–417.
58. Mueller, S.L. and Thomas, A.S. (2001), “Culture and entrepreneurial potential: a nine country study of locus of control and innovativeness”, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 51–75.
59. Neddermann, B. (2010), Wind energy use in Germany – Status 31.12.2009, Deutsches Windenergie Institute (DEWI), Wilhelmshaven.
60. Nilsson, J.E. and Uhlin, Å. (2002), Regionala innovationssystem. En fördjupad kunskapsöversikt, Vinnova VR 2002:3, Vinnova, Stockholm.
61. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (1996), Venture Capital and Innovation, OECD, Paris.
62. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2005), Main Science and Technology Indicators, OECD, Paris.
63. Pinto, M.B. and Pinto, J.K. (1990), “Project team communication and cross-functional cooperation in new program development”, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 200–12.
64. Porter, M.E. (1985) in Porter, M.E. (Ed.), Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, The Free Press, New York, NY.
65. Porter, M.E. and van der Linde, C. (1995a), “Towards a new conception of the environment-competitiveness relationship”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 97–118.
66. Porter, M.E. and van der Linde, C. (1995b), “Green and competitive: ending the stalemate”, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 73 No. 5, pp. 120–34.
67. Rennings, K. (2000), “Redefining innovation – eco-innovation research and the contribution from ecological economics”, Ecological Economics, Vol. 32 No. 2, pp. 169–336.
68. Roback, K. (2006), “Medical device innovation – the integrated processes of invention, diffusion and deployment”, PhD dissertation, Linköping University, Linköping.
69. Rogers, E.M. (1995), Diffusion of Innovations, 4th ed., The Free Press, New York, NY.
70. Rothwell, R. and Zegveld, W. (1985), Reindustrialization and Technology, Longman, Harlow.
71. Rotter, J. (1966), “Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcements”, Psychological Monographs, Vol. 80 No. 609.
72. Rubenstein, A.H., Chakrabarti, A.K., O'Keefe, R.D., Sounder, W.E. and Young, H.C. (1976), “Factors influencing innovation success at the project level”, Research Management, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 15–20.
73. Rundquist, J. and Chibba, A. (2004), “The use of processes and methods in NPD – a survey of Swedish industry”, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 37–54.
74. Salter, A.J. and Martin, B.R. (2001), “The economic benefits of publicly funded basic research: a critical review”, Research Policy, Vol. 30 No. 3, pp. 509–32.
75. Schumpeter, J.A. (1934), The Theory of Economic Development, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
76. Shrivastava, P. (1995), “Environmental technologies and competitive advantage”, Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 16, S1, pp. 183–200.
77. Souder, W.E. (1987), Managing New Product Innovations, Lexington Books, Lexington, MA.
78. Storey, D. (1994), Understanding the Small Business Sector, Routledge, London.
79. Storper, M. (1995), “The resurgence of regional economies, ten years later: the region as a nexus of untraded interdependencies”, European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 191–222.
80. Storper, M. (1997), The Regional Word: Territorial Development in a Global Economy, Guilford Press, London.
81. Tsen, C., Phang, G., Hasan, H. and Buncha, M.R. (2006), “Going green: a study of consumers' willingness to pay for green products in Kota Kinabalu”, International Journal of Business and Society, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 40–54.
82. Utterback, J.M. (1974), “Innovation in industry and the diffusion of technology”, Science, Vol. 183 No. 4125, pp. 620–6.
83. Utterback, J.M. (1994), Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA.
84. Uzzi, B. (1996), “The sources and consequences of embeddedness for the economic performance of organizations: the network effect”, American Sociological Review, Vol. 61 No. 4, pp. 674–98.
85. Uzzi, B. (1997), “Social structure and competition in interfirm networks: the paradox of embeddedness”, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 42 No. 1, pp. 35–67.
86. Valente, T.W. (1995), Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations, Hampton, Cresskill, NJ.
87. Valente, T.W. (1996), “Social network thresholds in the diffusion of innovations”, Social Networks, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 69–89.
88. Van de Ven, A.H., Angle, H.L. and Poole, M.S. (Eds) (2000), Research on the Management of Innovation, The Minnesota Studies, Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
89. Van de Ven, A.H., Polley, D.E., Garud, R. and Venkataraman, S. (1999), The Innovation Journey, Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
90. Vinnova (2001), Drivers of Environmental Innovation, Vinnova (The Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems), Stockholm.
91. Voss, C., Tsikriktsis, N. and Frohlich, M. (2002), “Case research in operations management”, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 195–291.
92. Wejnert, B. (2002), “Integrating models of diffusion of innovations: a conceptual framework”, Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 297–326.
93. Wiklund, J. (1998), “Small firm growth and performance”, PhD dissertation, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping.
94. World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) (2010), Innovation for Green Growth – Drivers of Private Sector RD&D, WBCSD, Geneva.
95. Yin, R. (1994), Case Study Research: Design and Methods, SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
96. Zirger, B.I. and Maidique, M. (1990), “A model of new product development: an empirical test”, Management Science, Vol. 36 No. 7, pp. 867–83.