Accelerating Green Innovation

Michael Migendt explains the role of alternative investments in supporting the growth of a sustainable economy and recognizes levers that policy makers, managers and entrepreneurs could use for further accelerating green innovation through finance. He focuses on specific examples of alternative investments into green industries, companies, projects, and infrastructure, covering the developments along the innovation chain. Especially the acceleration of green technologies and the in this context occurring interrelations between the three areas of finance, innovation, and policy are key to this work.

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Autorentext

Dr. Michael Migendt wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich at the Strascheg Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIIE) at EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht in Wiesbaden.

Klappentext
Michael Migendt explains the role of alternative investments in
supporting the growth of a sustainable economy and recognizes levers
that policy makers, managers and entrepreneurs could use for further
accelerating green innovation through finance. He focuses on specific
examples of alternative investments into green industries, companies,
projects, and infrastructure, covering the developments along the
innovation chain. Especially the acceleration of green technologies and
the in this context occurring interrelations between the three areas of
finance, innovation, and policy are key to this work.

Contents

Emergence of Cleantech as an Investment Category Media Attention
and Venture Capital Investment
Private Equity in Clean Technology An Exploratory Study of the
Finance-Innovation-Policy Nexus
Public Policy Influence on Renewable Energy Investments A Panel
Data Study Across OECD Countries
Development of Industries in the Cleantech Sector A Case of the
Solar and Fuel Cell Industries

Target Groups

Researchers and students in the fields of entrepreneurship,
technology & innovation management, and energy economics
Policy makers, institutional investors, managers of private equity
and venture capital funds

The Author

Dr. Michael Migendt wrote his dissertation under the supervision of
Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich at the Strascheg Institute for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship (SIIE) at EBS Business School, EBS Universität für
Wirtschaft und Recht in Wiesbaden.

Inhalt

Emergence of Cleantech as an Investment Category Media Attention and Venture Capital Investment.- Private Equity in Clean Technology An Exploratory Study of the Finance-Innovation-Policy Nexus.- Public Policy Influence on Renewable Energy Investments A Panel Data Study Across OECD Countries.- Development of Industries in the Cleantech Sector A Case of the Solar and Fuel Cell Industries.