Industrial symbiosis networks and the contribution to environmental innovation - The case of the Landskrona industrial symbiosis programme

Summary, in English

This paper considers the potential contribution of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) networks in fostering environmental innovation at the local or regional level. Drawing on literature from innovation studies and innovation in spatial proximity, we outline three factors that are important for the innovation process and identify where the effects from IS networks can be explored. We use observations from the first IS programme in Sweden to provide examples of previously hypothesised effects. The implications of this inquiry are discussed in terms of design and development of IS programmes and for further research into the innovation effect of IS networks.

• Author: Murat Mirata; Tareq Emtairah
• Department/s: The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
• Publishing year: 2005
• Language: English
• Pages: 993-1002
• Publication/Series: Journal of Cleaner Production
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 10-11
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.12.010
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
• Keywords: industrial transformation; regional; sustainable development; networks; environmental innovation; inter-organisational collaboration; collective learning; industrial ecology; industrial symbiosis
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0959-6526