Identifying endogenous and exogenous indicators to measure eco-innovation within clusters
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2020
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Mercado-Caruso, Nohora
Segarra-Oña, Marival
Ovallos-Gazabon, David
Peiró-Signes, Angel
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MDPI
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Scientific and business environment literature shows that green, sustainable innovation or eco-innovation has proven to be a source of competitive advantage today. The industrial clusters, their dynamism, and the synergies created within them attract a lot of attention from the scientific community. However, to date, the joint study of these two concepts and, more specifically, the factors
that drive eco-innovation specifically in a cluster, have not been studied in depth. This article models eco-innovation in industrial clusters, thus addressing this gap and proposing a model based on information gathered from the literature and a detailed analysis of behavior in relation to eco-innovation in di erent sectors. Results suggest that including eco-innovation variables and
measures may have positive implications such as improvements at the strategic level and the reduction
of costs and use of resources. An eco-innovation model for clusters is proposed. It considers eight key
factors that seek to raise its competitive level by promoting eco-innovation within clusters. The model
includes five internal factors that analyze business capabilities and three external factors that study
the e ect of launching eco-innovative activities. This model could help the companies’ managers and
those responsible for clusters in creating more successful strategies to increase competitiveness by enhancing eco-innovation. It could also serve as a guide for government entities in the performance of eco-innovative activities in economic sectors.
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Cluster, Competitiveness, Eco-innovation, Innovation, Business performance