Handbook on Innovation, Society and the Environment

Edited by Fernando J. Díaz López, Head of Research Strategy and Director Transitions Hub, EIT Climate KIC; Associate Professor Extra-Ordinary of Sustainability Systems and Eco-innovation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Full Professor of Economic Policy, Director of SEEDS and CERCIS, Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara and Roberto Zoboli, Full Professor of Economic Policy, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences – DISEIS and Director of ASA – Alta Scuola per l’Ambiente, Catholic University Milan, Italy

‘It is well known that climate change causes significant challenge to societies globally. The chapters in this book trace the recent evolution of circular economy studies, improving our understanding of innovation, transition and policy based on solid economic grounding.’

• Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION1 Towards a sustainable, circular, innovative and socially fair economy: an introduction 2Fernando J. Díaz López, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto ZoboliPART II ECO-INNOVATION AND POLICIES2 How will the European Green Deal impact research and innovation? 24Jesús Alquézar Sabadie3 Developing a green industrial policy for the European Green Deal 36Simone Tagliapietra and Reinhilde Veugelers4 The mediating role of export in the innovation–growth nexus: the case of eco-innovation 51Serenella Caravella, Francesco Crespi, Mirko Menghini and Salvatore Monni5 The impact of the open eco-innovation mode on employment: the case of Italian network business agreements 67Andrea Fabrizi, Giulio Guarini and Valentina Meliciani6 Barriers to eco-innovation and public R&D incentives: evidence from Mexico 84Fernando J. Díaz López, Diana P. Rivera Delgado and Daniel H. Villavicencio CarbajalPART III ECO-INNOVATIONS IN CITIES, REGIONS AND THE GLOBALISED ECONOMY7 The importance of regional spill-over effects for eco-innovations in German start-ups 110Jens Horbach 8 Firms’ global value chain participation and its environmental performance: a review of the empirical literature 125Finn Ole Semrau9 The geography of green technological invention: a life cycle perspective 140Nicolò Barbieri, Davide Consoli and François Perruchas10 Smart cities: components and elements in the Brazilian context 153Beatriz Barreto Brasileiro Lanza and Carlos Olavo QuandtPART IV INNOVATION AND SOCIETY11 Inclusive innovation: towards a theory of inclusiveness transitions 167R. Sandra Schillo and Parag Puri12 Frugal innovation as a new technological paradigm for inclusion and sustainability 182Christian Le Bas13 Energy innovations in iwi communities of Aotearoa New Zealand 196Ryan Roberts, Alan C. Brent, James T. Hinkley and Kevin ShedlockPART V INNOVATION AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY14 A conceptual framework for the analysis of policy mixes on the Circular Economy 212Pablo del Río, Christoph P. Kiefer and Javier Carrillo-Hermosilla15 Circular innovation strategies: which direction for Italian firms? 238Elisa Chioatto and Emy Zecca16 Policies of bioeconomy and circular economy in Latin America: a route toward sustainability 251Graciela Carrillo Gonzalez and Jose Ignacio Ponce SanchezPART VI SYSTEMS OF INNOVATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS17 Exploring the virtuous interdependencies existing between climate action and sustainability in the context of low-carbon development 281Georg Pallaske, Andrea Marcello Bassi, Leonardo Garrido and Marco Guzzetti18 A practical approach to managing technology within the context of sustainability transitions 309 Imke H. de Kock and Alan C. Brent19 Labour market implications for the sustainable transition 345Giovanni Marin and Francesco Vona20 Innovative measure of urban sustainability: potentialities and weaknesses of the ‘Mandala SDG’ 358Pedro Luiz Pierucci, Feni Agostinho, Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de Almeida and Biagio F. GiannettiIndex 372