TY - JOUR
T1 - Research and development strategy for environmental technology in Japan
T2 - A comparative study of the private and public sectors
AU - Fujii, Hidemichi
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the grant-in-aid for Specially Promoted Research [26000001B]; the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan; and grant-in-aid for research activity start-up [26881006B], MEXT, Japan; and research program “Policy studies of environmental economics” [J155102J09] by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. The results and conclusions of this article do not necessarily represent the views of the funding agencies.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Environmental protection technology plays an important role in a sustainable society, simultaneously promoting economic development and pollution control. This study examines the determinants of technology inventions related to environmental protection in Japan. We use patent application data in a decomposition analysis framework. We find that environmental patent applications increase according to the prioritization of environmental patents by private companies and according to efficiency improvements in patent applications in the public sector. Additionally, patent applications related to emission trading increased rapidly among private companies, mainly due to their increased priority after 2005. The different determinants of environmental technologies between the private and public sectors are useful for formulating effective policies to promote environmental innovation.
AB - Environmental protection technology plays an important role in a sustainable society, simultaneously promoting economic development and pollution control. This study examines the determinants of technology inventions related to environmental protection in Japan. We use patent application data in a decomposition analysis framework. We find that environmental patent applications increase according to the prioritization of environmental patents by private companies and according to efficiency improvements in patent applications in the public sector. Additionally, patent applications related to emission trading increased rapidly among private companies, mainly due to their increased priority after 2005. The different determinants of environmental technologies between the private and public sectors are useful for formulating effective policies to promote environmental innovation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.02.012
DO - 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.02.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961183375
SN - 0040-1625
VL - 112
SP - 293
EP - 302
JO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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