Search for dissertations about: "Eco innovation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Eco innovation.

  2. 1. On Green Innovation Inertia

    Author : Mats Williander; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; absorptive capacity; automotive industry; greening of industry; innovation;

    Abstract : A growing number of nations, firms and individuals realize that the current ways in whichproducts are produced, consumed and disposed of is unsustainable. Yet most actors seem toawait options that deliver the needed eco-environmental improvement without requiring anyindividual sacrifices. READ MORE

  4. 2. Car(ing) for our environment? : Consumer eco-innovation adoption and curtailment behaviors: The case of the alternative fuel vehicle

    Author : Johan Jansson; Agneta Marell; Annika Nordlund; John Thøgersen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Diffusion of innovations DOI ; value-belief-norm VBN theory; alternative fuel vehicles AFV ; eco-innovation; early adoption; curtailment behaviors; proenvironmental attitudes; innovation characteristics; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : Determinants influencing consumer eco-innovation adoption and green curtailment behaviors in a travel context are at the center of this thesis. Previous research on green consumer behavior has uncovered that internalized personal attitudinal factors such as values, beliefs, and norms are influential in determining mainly non-consumption and post-purchase behaviors. READ MORE

  5. 3. Eco-design and product innovation : managing incremental and radical change for environmental compliance

    Author : Thomas Magnusson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis is about firms determined to gain competitive advantages from environmental demands, about the efforts of engineers employed with the challenge of fulfilling environmental performance targets and about the management and organisation of product development. It is about incremental change, built on established technological knowledge, as well as about radical technological change. READ MORE

  6. 4. Assessment of Eco-Labelling and Green Procurement from a Strategic Sustainability Perspective

    Author : Cecilia Bratt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic Sustainability Perspective; Sustainable Consumption and Production; Eco-labelling; Green Procurement; Criteria Development Process; Product-Service Innovation.;

    Abstract : Efforts to reduce negative impacts from consumption and production include voluntary market-based initiatives. Examples are the concept of eco-labelling and the concept of green procurement. These have emerged as policy instruments with great potentials to steer product innovation and purchasing decisions in a sustainable direction. READ MORE

  7. 5. Planning, Projects, Practice : A Human Geography of the Stockholm Local Investment Programme in Hammarby Sjöstad

    Author : Jonas R Bylund; Elisabeth Lilja; Bo Lenntorp; Stefan Anderberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stockholm; LIP; Hammarby Sjöstad; Sustainability; Innovation; Planning; Policy; Translation; Actor-Network Theory; Laboratory; Project; Urban Specialists; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : Programmes and policies to support ecological sustainable development and the practice of implementation is a question of innovation rather than known and taken for granted procedure. This thesis argues a priori models concerning stability in the social sciences, and human geography especially, are less able to help us understand this practice and planning in such unstable situations. READ MORE