Closing the Energy-Efficiency Technology Gap in European Firms?: Innovation and Adoption of Energy Efficiency Technologies

Wolfgang Gerstlberger; Mette Præst Knudsen; Bernhard Dachs; Marcus Schröter

doi:10.1016/j.jengtecman.2016.04.004

Closing the Energy-Efficiency Technology Gap in European Firms? Innovation and Adoption of Energy Efficiency Technologies

Wolfgang Gerstlberger, Mette Præst Knudsen, Bernhard Dachs, Marcus Schröter

Department of Business & Management (DBM)

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Abstract

This article investigates the determinants of the adoption of energy efficiency technologies in European manufacturing firms and the role of product and process innovations in the adoption process. The empirical results show that product and process innovation are positively related to adoption of energy efficiency technologies. Moreover, there is a positive association between environmental performance measurement systems and adoption of the aforementioned technologies. Interestingly, product innovative firms are more likely to adopt additional energy efficiency technologies only if they have already introduced these technologies in the past.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Volume	40
Pages (from-to)	87-100
ISSN	0923-4748
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2016.04.004
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Energy Efficiency Technologies
European Manufacturing Survey
Product Innovation
process Innovation
Energy efficiency technologies
Product innovation
Manufacturing
Process innovation
Energy efficiency gap

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