From Innovation System Perspective: Environmentally Friendly Technical Change and Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises

The study analyzes the factors that can be considered environmentally-friendly innovation and adoption of products and processes with respect to SMEs. Using econometric analysis of original survey data of 1,141 SMEs from Turkish manufacturing industries, the authors analyze not only intrafirms characteristics and roles of environmental regulations and enforcement, but also the roles of innovation partners, external environmental pressures and competition through business competences, network involvement, and environmental orientation.