Information communication technologies and environmental innovations in firms: joint adoptions and productivity effects

Information communication technology (ICT) and environmental innovation (EI) are relevant waves of the ongoing technological revolution. We study the complementarity in innovation adoption to test the research hypothesis that the higher the diffusion and intensity of usage of ICT and EI, the higher...

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Published inJournal of environmental planning and management Vol. 61; no. 11; pp. 1905 - 1933
Main Authors Antonioli, Davide, Cecere, Grazia, Mazzanti, Massimiliano
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 19.09.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis (Routledge): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles
Subjects
Adoption of innovations
Business administration
Communication
Communications technology
Companies
Complementarity
Economic models
Emotional intelligence
Environment and Society
environmental innovations
Environmental Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hypotheses
ICT
Information communication
Information technology
Innovations
labour productivity
polluting sectors
Productivity
Scientific technological revolution
Polluting sectors
Environmental innovations
Complementarity
ICT
Sustainable Development Goals
Labour productivity
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Summary:Information communication technology (ICT) and environmental innovation (EI) are relevant waves of the ongoing technological revolution. We study the complementarity in innovation adoption to test the research hypothesis that the higher the diffusion and intensity of usage of ICT and EI, the higher a firm's productivity performance might be. However, it is not certain that the use of different innovations stemming from different innovation paths generates higher productivity. To test our hypothesis, we use original survey data concerning manufacturing firms in Northeast Italy including detailed information on both ICT and EI. Empirical evidence shows that there are still wide margins to improve the integration between EI and ICT in order to exploit their potential benefits on productivity. The awareness of specific synergies seems to mainly characterise the heavy polluting firms that are subject to more stringent environmental constraints, while some trade-offs tend to emerge for the remaining firms.
ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/09640568.2017.1401528