Do Government Policies Foster Environmental Performance Of Enterprises From CEE Region?

• Authors: Małgorzata Stefania Lewandowska

Title variants

Czy polityka państwa wspiera ekoinnowacje w przedsiębiorstwach z krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej?

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In recent years, EU countries, including these from the Central Eastern European (CEE) region has recognised, that eco-innovation should be treated as strategic priority of their economies. The aim of this paper is to present a cross-country analysis of the connection between eco-innovation and its main drivers within firms from selected CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania) and Germany. The empirical part is based on micro-data for Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2006–2008. Based on the results of stepwise regression between main policy actions sustaining innovation activity and eco-innovation performance we can conclude, that financial support for innovation activities has a rather limited role in promoting eco-innovation. At the same time enterprises from the CEE region regard environmental regulations as the most important drivers of eco-innovation. In Germany, a country ranked in the highest category in the Eco-Innovation Scoreboard, the variety of forces that influence eco-innovation is much more wide-ranging. This indicates that government actions should take a broader look and lay the more general bases fostering the model of a green growth.

PL

Innowacje ekologiczne powinny stanowić jeden z głównych filarów gospodarek krajów europejskich, w tym również tych z Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Celem niniejszego opracowania jest przedstawienie analizy porównawczej determinantów ekoinnowacji wybranych krajach EŚW. Część empiryczna opracowania oparta jest na danych jednostkowych z kwestionariusza CIS 2006–2008 dla przedsiębiorstw z Bułgarii, Czech, Rumunii i Niemiec. Wyniki regresji liniowej dla polityki wspierającej działalność innowacyjną wskazują, że wsparcie finansowe dla działań innowacyjnych ma raczej ograniczoną rolę w promowaniu innowacji ekologicznych, zaś za najważniejsze stymulatory ekoinnowacji przedsiębiorstw z regionu uznawane są istniejące regulacje dotyczące ochrony środowiska. W Niemczech, kraju o wyższym rankingu Eco-Innovation Scoreboard, spektrum stymulatorów ekoinnowacji jest dużo szarsze i bardziej zrównoważone. Prowadzi to do wniosku, że wysiłki rządu winny być kierowane nie tylko na doskonalenie polityki dotyczącej środowiska, ale tworzyć podstawy dla prawnego i instytucjonalnego otoczenia, promującego model zielonej gospodarki.

Keywords

EN

Central and Eastern Europe; Eco-innovation; Environmental regulations; Community Innovation Survey (CIS)

PL

Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia; ekoinnowacja; regulacje; CIS; Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia; ekoinnowacja; regulacje; CIS

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 45-67

Dates

published

2016-09-30

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Stefania Lewandowska

• Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of International Management and Marketing

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/cer-2016-0020