Eco-Innovation in NICs: Conditions for Export Success With an Application to Biofuels in Transport

This article looks at sustainable development and globalization from the perspective of the eco-innovation literature for the case of biofuels in transport. It assesses the potential for newly industrialized countries (NICs) to develop technology and hence export markets in biofuel equipment. An ana...

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Published in:The journal of environment & development 2014-03, Vol.23 (1), p.133-159
Main Authors: Köhler, Jonathan, Walz, Rainer, Marscheider-Weidemann, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiesel fuels
Biofuels
Biomass energy
Brazil
China
China (People's Republic)
Ecological sustainability
Environmental policy
Environmental technology
Exports
Fuels
Globalization
India
Indicators
Indonesia
Innovations
International trade
Malaysia
Markets
Mexico
NICs
Policies
Power generation
Production
Regulation
Renewable energy
Research and development
South Africa
Studies
Success
Sustainability
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Sustainable global economy
Sustainable technology
Technological innovation
Technology
Thailand
Transport
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Summary:This article looks at sustainable development and globalization from the perspective of the eco-innovation literature for the case of biofuels in transport. It assesses the potential for newly industrialized countries (NICs) to develop technology and hence export markets in biofuel equipment. An analysis of innovation indicators suggests those countries that have strong capacities in eco-innovation in general. The analysis considers demand and regulatory factors in addition to technological capabilities in biofuels and complementary sectors. A very large global market in biofuels for transport could develop. The case of biofuels in Brazil shows that demand-oriented innovation policy coordinated with supply-oriented research and development policies can be successful in NICs for developing markets in new technologies for sustainability. Brazil, China, Malaysia, Mexico, and South Africa, as well as Indonesia, Thailand, and possibly India, have the favorable combination of high biofuel production potential and the requisite technological capability to develop internationally competitive second-generation biofuel production technologies.
ISSN:1070-4965
1552-5465
DOI:10.1177/1070496513516468