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dc.contributor.authorSolnørdal, Mette Talseth
dc.contributor.authorThyholdt, Sverre Braathen
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T10:22:24Z
dc.date.available2018-02-07T10:22:24Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.description.abstractManufacturing firms’ ability to innovate and improve their energy efficiency (EE) is a key element in reducing emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and attain international objectives of climate change mitigation. Despite an urgent need for more knowledge drivers for EE in manufacturing firms, there is still little research on the topic. Taking departure in the EE and environmental innovation literature we analyse the role of motivational factors and firm characteristics (education, R&D and cooperation strategies) as drivers for EE. Employing a logit model on a panel data from the Norwegian Community Innovation Survey (CIS) on manufacturing firms for the period 2010–2014, we examine how the drivers impact companies’ investments in EE. Our empirical results show that the level of education and cooperation with competitors as well as universities and research institutions have a positive effect on investments on EE. The size of the company is also positively related to EE. We did however not find support for the hypothesis that R&D are positively related to EE investments.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSolnørdal, M., Thyholdt, S.B. Drivers for energy efficiency: an empirical analysis of Norwegian manufacturing firms. Energy Procedia. 2017;142:2802-2808en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1560764
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.425
dc.identifier.issn1876-6102
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/12100
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEnergy Procedia
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210en_US
dc.titleDrivers for energy efficiency: an empirical analysis of Norwegian manufacturing firmsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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