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Dr Pelin Demirel

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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302Dyson BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Demirel:2019:10.1002/bse.2286,
author = {Demirel, P and Kesidou, E},
doi = {10.1002/bse.2286},
journal = {Business Strategy and the Environment},
pages = {847--857},
title = {Sustainability-oriented capabilities for eco-innovation:  meeting the regulatory, technology and market demands},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.2286},
volume = {28},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Despite consensus in the literature that regulation, technology-push and market-pull drive eco-innovation (EI), evidence remains limited on the diverse firm capabilities needed to boost EI. Building on the natural-resource-based-view (NRBV) of the firm and the EI literature, this paper posits that firms need to renew and realign their capabilities, and ultimately develop distinctive sustainability-oriented capabilities, in order to meet the rapidly changing regulatory, technology, and market demands. Results of the analysis, based on a survey of UK firms, reveal that eco-innovations are more likely to arise when firms: (a) build capabilities on voluntary self-regulation (i.e. executive driven EMS and CSR) because such organisational capabilities allow them to address increasing regulatory pressures; (b) invest in environmental research and development (i.e. eco-R&D)- instead of generic research and development- because it provides them with the relevant and specific technological capabilities to tackle technology shifts towards sustainability; and (c) develop capabilities in green market sensing as such capabilities allow them to address green consumption needs.
AU  - Demirel,P
AU  - Kesidou,E
DO  - 10.1002/bse.2286
EP  - 857
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0964-4733
SP  - 847
TI  - Sustainability-oriented capabilities for eco-innovation:  meeting the regulatory, technology and market demands
T2  - Business Strategy and the Environment
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.2286
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bse.2286
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/66654
VL  - 28
ER  -
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