TY - EJOUR AB - Is the reduction in the environmental impact of firm’s activities to the detriment of their business performance? This is not always the case when we take into account the productivity gains linked to the environmental innovations. A series of works combining theoretical argument, case studies and empirical analysis from survey data were mobilized to find out whether innovating may prove to be profitable for the firm to answer environmental constraints. In identifying the circumstances and mechanisms involved results suggest that if environmental policies favour innovation, they are generally expensive for the firms subject to it. AU - Ambec, Stefan AU - Lanoie, Paul DA - 2008-02 DA - 2008-02 DO - ISSN 1778-4379 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.156640 DO - Other DO - doi ID - 156640 JF - INRA Sciences Sociales KW - Environmental Economics and Policy KW - Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156640/files/iss07-6_eng.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156640/files/iss07-6_eng.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156640/files/iss07-6_eng.pdf LA - eng LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156640/files/iss07-6_eng.pdf N2 - Is the reduction in the environmental impact of firm’s activities to the detriment of their business performance? This is not always the case when we take into account the productivity gains linked to the environmental innovations. A series of works combining theoretical argument, case studies and empirical analysis from survey data were mobilized to find out whether innovating may prove to be profitable for the firm to answer environmental constraints. In identifying the circumstances and mechanisms involved results suggest that if environmental policies favour innovation, they are generally expensive for the firms subject to it. PY - 2008-02 PY - 2008-02 T1 - Innovation at the service of the environment and business performance TI - Innovation at the service of the environment and business performance UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156640/files/iss07-6_eng.pdf VL - 2007 Y1 - 2008-02 T2 - INRA Sciences Sociales T2 - ISS T2 - 6/2007 ER -