We test whether born-to-be-green represents a signal toward potential venture capital (VC)
investors on a sample of Italian, independent, unlisted, high-tech entrepreneurial firms. We …

This study attempts to fill the literature gap regarding sustainable entrepreneurship viewed
through geographical clustering lenses by examining how institutional factors such as local …

We investigate how different types of environmental policies and new regional
environmental knowledge affect new venture creation in and financing of green (low …

Cleantech ventures working on radical hardware-, material-, and chemical-based
innovations have a particularly high potential to disrupt currently unsustainable production …

Any discussion of distributed energy systems inevitably centres on how they compare with
the large energy systems, ie the traditional centralised model of energy production, and on …

This paper examines the impact of renewable energy policies as well as three renewable
energy policy instruments (demand pull, technology push and systemic) and their …

Geographical linkages in the financial services industry: a dialogue with organizational
studies. Regional Studies. This article proposes a conceptualization of the geographical …

There is a large literature suggesting that improvements in energy efficiency support efforts
at climate mitigation. Addressing a conceptual gap in that literature, however, we evaluate …

Cleantech has emerged in the last decade as a major new investment sector at the forefront
of the green economy. It responds to the need for innovative technologies to combat the …

Biotechnology is a platform technology that may significantly contribute to climate change
mitigation and adaptation. Yet biotechnology is hardly ever referred to as a 'clean …