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Financing environmental improvements : a literature review of the constraints on financing environmental innovation by Lybecker, Kristina M. , Johnson, Daniel K. N.

In an effort to explore the potential for financing environmental innovation, this paper examines different forms of financing and attempts to evaluate their effectiveness. The study considers both public and private forms of funding as well as providing policy suggestions for the support of appropriate financing for eco-innovation.

Innovating for an uncertain market : a literature review of the constraints on environmental innovation by Lybecker, Kristina M. , Johnson, Daniel K. N.

This paper aims to summarize the state of academic knowledge surrounding the economics of environmental innovation. Following a definition of environmental technology, the paper enumerates and describes the obstacles or constraints to the development of eco-innovation.

Challenges to technology transfer : a literature review of the constraints on environmental technology dissemination by Lybecker, Kristina M. , Johnson, Daniel K. N.

This paper considers the challenges to the dissemination of environmental innovation. Following a brief exploration of the legal and regulatory regimes surrounding environmental technologies, the paper examines diffusion mechanisms, market factors, social characteristics and political elements that facilitate and complicate dissemination. Given the importance of innovation to economic development and growth, the diffusion of innovation is of great interest to economists and policymakers alike.