Workshop on Eco-innovation, Circular Economy, and Firm Performance
Universitat de Barcelona
21st of April, 2023
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Workshop on Eco-innovation, Circular Economy, and Firm Performance
21st of April, 2023
09:30 am
The climate emergency requires a significant reorientation on the way that citizens, firms, and governments interact with the environment, and this depends to a large extent on the promotion of new disruptive technologies, the implementation of eco-innovations and new circular business models. In this IV Workshop on Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Firm Performance, we analyse the challenges, barriers and drivers of sustainable innovations from a micro perspective. Keeping the spirit of previous years, the Workshop will offer a platform for debate and discussion of the opportunities and challenges for the achievement of a green and sustainable economy.
Keynote Speakers
Jens Horbach is a Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg (Germany). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nuremberg. He also cooperates as a policy advisor with the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg. His main research areas are eco-innovation, innovation, regional, and labor economics and his current projects deals mainly with employment effects of circular economy, innovations labor shortage and innovation eco-innovation activities of start-ups. He has published extensively on these topics, both in the form of peer-reviewed scientific articles and policy briefs.
Programme
Welcome reception:
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José María Durán-Cabré (Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) and Universitat de Barcelona).
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Maria Teresa Costa-Compi (Chair of Energy Sustainibility and Universitat de Barcelona).
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José García-Quevedo (Head of Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat de Barcelona).
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Mercedes Teruel (Universitat Rovira i Virgili & ECOSOS).
Keynote speaker: “Performance and employment effects of eco-innovation” by Jens Horbach (Augsburg University of Applied Sciences).
Coffee break
Session 1: The regional dimension of the green and circular transition
Chair: Elisenda Jové-Llopis (Chair of Energy Sustainability and Universitat de Barcelona)
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Cognitive similarity and the regional development of renewable energy inventions, Rosina Moreno (Universitat de Barcelona), Diego Ocampo (Universitat de Barcelona) & Vayana Skabrin (Universitat de Barcelona).
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Regional determinants of biogas technologies adoption: Evidence from France, Eva Coll-Martínez (LEREPS, Université de Toulouse, Sciences Po Toulouse), Geoffroy Labrouche (Université de Toulouse), Simon Nadel (Université de Lille) & Luis Orozco (Université de Toulouse).
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Are eco-innovation drivers context dependent? An analysis for Uruguay, Peru, Panama, and Colombia, Celia Torrecillas (Complutense University of Madrid), Sara Fernández (Complutense University of Madrid) & Claudia García-García (Complutense University of Madrid).
Session 2: Analysing green policies and instruments
Chair: José García-Quevedo (Chair of Energy Sustainability and Universitat de Barcelona)
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Complementarity of environmental policies at encouraging green innovation, Kinga B. Tchórzewska (Kozminski University), Pablo del Río (CSIC), Ester Martinez-Ros (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) & José Garcia-Quevedo (Universitat de Barcelona).
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Walking the green line: government sponsored R&D and clean technologies in the US, Francesco Rentocchini (JRC Seville, DEEM University of Milan), Antonio Vezzani (University of Roma Tre) & Sandro Montresor (Grans Sasso Science Institute).
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Sustainability-led growth in micro-firms: The contingent role of IT-enabled organisational transformation, Pelin Demirel (Imperial College London), Effie Kesidou (University of Leeds) & Gamze Ozturk Danisman (Istanbul Bilgi University).
Working lunch
Session 3: Innovation to unlock or accelerate green transition
Chair: Agustí Segarra-Blasco (Universitat Rovira i Virgili & ECOSOS)
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Does organisational innovation matter for environmental R&D?, José García-Quevedo (Universitat de Barcelona), Ester Martínez Ros (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) & Pablo del Río (CSIC).
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Innovation efficiency and management systems standards: friends or enemies?, Alfonso Hernández-Vivanco (Universitat de Barcelona) & Mercè Bernardo (Universitat de Barcelona).
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Public drivers and circular economy: A dynamic analysis for European SMEs, Agustí Segarra-Blasco (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Mercedes Teruel (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) & Josep Tomàs-Porres (Universitat Rovira i Virgili).
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Influence of technological turbulence and market environment on ecoinnovation: evidence for Spanish manufacturing firms, Ángela Triguero (University of Castilla-La Mancha) & María C. Cuerva (University of Castilla-La Mancha).
Guided Tour (TBC)
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How to arrive
Train:
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Airports:
Barcelona airport: http://www.aeropuertobarcelona-elprat.com/ingl/index.html
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Organizing Committee
The workshop is a collaborative initiative between members from URV and UB:
Local Organizing Committee:
Mercedes Teruel - (URV & ECOSOS)
Agustí Segarra-Blasco - (URV & ECOSOS)
José García-Quevedo - Chair of Energy Sustainability & (UB & IEB)
Elisenda Jové - Chair of Energy Sustainability (UB & IEB)
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Venue
Classroom Ramón i Cajal - Historic Building
Universitat de Barcelona
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585
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