Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/225069 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economics of Innovation and New Technology [ISSN:] 1476-8364 [Volume:] 28 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Routledge [Place:] London [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 45-63
Publisher: 
Routledge, London
Abstract: 
This article aims to shed light on the role of technological opportunities for green innovation by studying the case of Green ICT innovation. We test whether firms active in low-opportunity technological areas are less likely to be innovative and whether they are more likely to change their direction of technical change. To do so, we construct a firm-level panel data set for the years 1992–2009 combining patent data from the European Patent Office with firm-level data from the German Innovation Panel (Mannheim Innovation Panel). The results are based on dynamic count data estimation models applying General Methods of Moments estimators. Our results support our hypotheses: firms active in low-opportunity technological areas are less innovative but are more likely to switch from pure ICT innovation to Green ICT innovation.
Subjects: 
Technological opportunities
innovation
information and communication technology (ICT)
green ICT
firm-level patent data
dynamic countdata model
JEL: 
D22
L63
O31
Q55
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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