Environmental policy and technological innovation: the Japanese experience in dioxin emissions and waste recycling

被引：0

作者：

Yabar, Helmut ^{[1
]}

Uwasu, Michinori ^{[1
]}

Hara, Keishiro ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Haiyan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Osaka Univ, RISS, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION, MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE | 2010年

关键词：

Eco-efficiency; environmental policy; induced innovation; lock-in; patent data; LOCK-IN;

D O I：

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中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

This paper analyzes the impact of environmental policy on technological innovation using two case studies; the Japanese experience in dealing with dioxin emissions from incineration and the recycling of home electrical appliances. The paper discusses policy relevance in streamlining push-pull relationships. We found that these innovations usually start with social concerns regarding environmental issues (demand pull). The government then introduces policies to meet those concerns (policy push) and the technology development community designs innovations to comply with the regulations. For the case studies, relevant Japanese patent data were gathered for the period 1990-2008. To demonstrate that environmental regulations affect research and development, we conducted t-tests to compare the number of patents related to the regulations between the periods with and without the legal mandates. The results show that the number of related patents for most technologies is larger during the regulated period.

引用

页码：256 / 261

页数：6

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