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DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.123
Titel (primär) Steering innovations towards a green economy: Understanding government intervention
Autor Droste, N.; Hansjürgens, B. ORCID logo ; Kuikman, P.; Otter, N.; Antikainen, R.; Leskinen, P.; Pitkänen, K.; Saikku, L.; Loiseau, E.; Thomsen, M.
Quelle Journal of Cleaner Production
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
Department OEKON
Band/Volume 135
Seite von 426
Seite bis 434
Sprache englisch
Keywords Governance; Green economy; Innovation; Natural capital; Social equity; Transition management
UFZ Querschnittsthemen RU6;
Abstract In this paper we analyse institutional conditions facilitating the transition towards a green economy by encouraging investment in the enhancement of natural capital and social equity, focussing especially on government interventions. Presenting a conceptual institutional model how innovation generally occurs, we depict system levels that can be influenced by government interventions to facilitate societal innovations towards a green economy. We hypothesize that the transition to a green economy is about extending the possibility frontier outwards towards a greener economy while at the same time limiting the “action space” at the brown economy end; a normative evaluation framework is presented to assess transitions correspondingly. We elaborate on the emerging lessons for governance by examining evidence from five selected European case studies, and provide a non-exhaustive list of impacts that government intervention may have on the action spaces available at different system levels.
Droste, N., Hansjürgens, B., Kuikman, P., Otter, N., Antikainen, R., Leskinen, P., Pitkänen, K., Saikku, L., Loiseau, E., Thomsen, M. (2016):
Steering innovations towards a green economy: Understanding government intervention
J. Clean Prod. 135 , 426 - 434 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.123