Papers by Fernando J . Diaz Lopez
ABSTRACT The aim of this report is to capture eco-innovative activity and provide a detailed exam... more ABSTRACT The aim of this report is to capture eco-innovative activity and provide a detailed examination of the potential for eco-innovation in nine sectors: biotechnology, automotive, electrical and optical equipment, aeronautics and space, construction, knowledge intensive business services, wholesale and retail trade, textile and clothing, and food and drinks.3 Given the large number of eco-innovation opportunities identified, these are clustered around few environmentally thematic areas used to define eco-innovation market segments. In addition, this report aims to provide an analysis of the potential of policy and regulation to foster eco-innovation.
Ecological Economics, 2019
This paper analyses 143 cases about the implementation of various and often interlinked, integrat... more This paper analyses 143 cases about the implementation of various and often interlinked, integrative, Resource Efficiency Measures (REMs). These REMs have been brought in a framework distinguishing on the one hand a cluster of supply side measures, demand side measures and life cycle measures with a synergistic mode of operation. They further have been related to clear classes or Business Model Changes (BMCs) that can support their implementation, notably changes in the supply chain (SC), internal processes (IP), customer interface (CI), financial model (FM) and the value proposition (VP). The BMCs were further characterised in terms of typical Implementation Barriers (IBs) that were reported in the cases, i.e. institutional, market, organisational, behavioural and technological barriers. Our study could not confirm some common theoretical wisdom, such as that firms mainly focus on 'simple' REMs like cleaner production and green products. Indeed, we could not confirm that REMs with a high scope and degree of change, often perceived as complex to implement, faced more Implementation Barriers than others. In general most Implementation Barriers play a role in all types of REMs and BMCs, although also some weak patterns were found. Internal processes BMCs were mainly hampered by institutional and technological factors. Value proposition and Financial model BMCs faced mainly behavioural and market barriers. Customer interface BMCs encountered additionally organisational barriers, while supply chain BMCs face a mix of all classes of barriers distinguished in this study. This is one of the first studies on business models and resource-efficiency looking at a large set of cases which is a step forward from the single case studies that dominate current literature. Yet, follow-up research should overcome weaknesses in our approach, such as a possible bias towards success cases and be more quantitative in analysing the effort it takes to overcome IBs.
The POLFREE project explores drivers and barriers to resource efficiency and creates a vision for... more The POLFREE project explores drivers and barriers to resource efficiency and creates a vision for a resource efficient economy in Europe. The purpose of this report is to shed light on changes to business model that support resource efficiency. This report also provides an attempt to identify how business overcame barriers to resource efficiency while changing their business models and it provides some insight on the policy dimension of such transformational process. The empirical method of this report is based on content analysis of literature. It reviews a significant number of recent case studies per resource efficiency measure.
ABSTRACT This report focusses on the barriers that businesses may experience upon increasing thei... more ABSTRACT This report focusses on the barriers that businesses may experience upon increasing their resource efficiency. The content of this report is as follows: · Chapter 2 presents a brief literature review and describes the conceptual framework for conducting the business barrier analysis. · Chapter 3 to 7 describe the results of the barrier analysis based on the specific categories of barriers that have been defined in chapter 2. · Chapter 8 contains a case study of the GreenElec project, outlining how the defined categories of barriers provide a web of constraints for resource efficiency measures within the European electronics industry. · Chapter 9 provides the conclusions, focusing on the relations between the various barriers with an emphasis on the potential relations between policy related barriers and actions on the one hand, and the ‘other’ barriers on the other hand.
Sanghi/Green, 2012
... and Challenges Ahead Fernando J. Diaz Lopez and Carlos Montalvo Netherlands Organisation for ... more ... and Challenges Ahead Fernando J. Diaz Lopez and Carlos Montalvo Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Delfi, ... Rashmi Sanghi and Vandana Singh (eds.) Green Chemistry for Environmental Remediation, (35-78) © Scrivener Publishing LLC 35 ...
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023
Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía, 2021
Este documento analiza factores para el desarrollo y difusión de conocimiento e innovación para t... more Este documento analiza factores para el desarrollo y difusión de conocimiento e innovación para tecnologías asociadas a los Usos Directos de Energía Geotérmica en México, en el contexto de las políticas para la transición energética durante el periodo 2008-2020. Se utilizó el enfoque de los Sistemas de Innovación Tecnológica, por su utilidad para identificar los mecanismos que determinan el desarrollo y difusión de una tecnología emergente en un sistema. El análisis implicó la elaboración de dos modelos temáticos de Asignación Latente de Dirichlet, cuyos resultados mostraron que el sistema de innovación tecnológica para usos directos de energía geotérmica en México se encuentra en etapa formativa y responde al motor del empuje de la ciencia y la tecnología.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015
Different bodies of literature have attempted to explain what factors and events drive industries... more Different bodies of literature have attempted to explain what factors and events drive industries throughout processes of environmental change. The latter is a gradual, historical process of evolution from lower to higher degrees of development. Based on concepts derived from evolutionary economics, greening technological progress and resource-based view of the firm, this article informs the sustainability transitions literature by providing an account of the evolution in the chemical industry's striving for the design, use and production of environmentally sound chemical processes and products based upon eco-innovation. A conceptual model was elaborated depicting five stages of environmental change in the chemical industry in the period 1901e2030. The authors empirically tested this model by conducting a longitudinal computer-aided content analysis of 255 documents addressing different environmental and innovation aspects in this industry in the same period of time. The results of this article advance our modern understanding of the different stages of evolution of the chemical industry in terms of environmental change. Consistent with the conceptual model hitherto presented, the findings of this article highlight a number cumulative of factors that enabled the evolution of the chemical industry throughout time supporting eco-innovation, highlighting the intertwined nature of regulation, innovation, and technological change. It is plausible that the future development of this industry might be shaped by the policy-driven paradigms of sustainability and resource efficiency.
Traditional or local knowledge is a sort of knowledge inherited from oral tradition within many i... more Traditional or local knowledge is a sort of knowledge inherited from oral tradition within many indigenous communities worldwide. Appropriate technology emerges as an alternative to bring closer all the benefits of technological progress within the sustainable development framework. A case study of an indigenous community in Mexico-benefited from a technology transference process due to the increasing of their life qualityanalyzes diverse factors that facilitated their success as well as some lessons that public politics should learn.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2010
This paper makes a distinction between three theoretical frameworks that have been highly influen... more This paper makes a distinction between three theoretical frameworks that have been highly influential in the discourse on innovation, competitiveness and sustainability: sectoral systems of innovation (SSI), technological innovation systems (TIS) and sociotechnical systems (ST-Systems). These frameworks share a common systems approach to innovation but are often positioned as different bodies of literature that correspond to different epistemic communities. This paper is explorative and conceptual in nature. It presents a systematic comparative review of SSI, TIS and ST-Systems based on the following analytical dimensions: (1) system boundaries, (2) actors and networks, (3) institutions, (4) knowledge, and (5) dynamics. In the concluding section commonalities and differences, of the three approaches are presented and suggestions for complimentarily are made.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015
Different bodies of literature have attempted to explain what factors and events drive industries... more Different bodies of literature have attempted to explain what factors and events drive industries throughout processes of environmental change. The latter is a gradual, historical process of evolution from lower to higher degrees of development. Based on concepts derived from evolutionary economics, greening technological progress and resource-based view of the firm, this article informs the sustain- ability transitions literature by providing an account of the evolution in the chemical industry's striving for the design, use and production of environmentally sound chemical processes and products based upon eco-innovation. A conceptual model was elaborated depicting five stages of environmental change in the chemical industry in the period 1901e2030. The authors empirically tested this model by con- ducting a longitudinal computer-aided content analysis of 255 documents addressing different environmental and innovation aspects in this industry in the same period of time. The results of this article advance our modern understanding of the different stages of evolution of the chemical industry in terms of environmental change. Consistent with the conceptual model hitherto presented, the findings of this article highlight a number cumulative of factors that enabled the evolution of the chemical industry throughout time supporting eco-innovation, highlighting the intertwined nature of regulation, innovation, and technological change. It is plausible that the future development of this industry might be shaped by the policy-driven paradigms of sustainability and resource efficiency.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2010
This paper makes a distinction between three theoretical frameworks that have been highly influen... more This paper makes a distinction between three theoretical frameworks that have been highly influential in the discourse on innovation, competitiveness and sustainability: sectoral systems of innovation (SSI), technological innovation systems (TIS) and socio-technical systems (ST-Systems). These frameworks share a common systems approach to innovation but are often positioned as different bodies of literature that correspond to different epistemic communities. This paper is explorative and conceptual in nature. It presents a systematic comparative review of SSI, TIS and ST-Systems based on the following analytical dimensions: (1) system boundaries, (2) actors and networks, (3) institutions, (4) knowledge, (5) dynamics and (6) policy approach. In the concluding section commonalities and differences, of the three approaches, are presented and suggestions for complimentarily are made.
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Papers by Fernando J . Diaz Lopez