EVALUATION OF ECO-INNOVATIONS IN SLOVAKIA
EVALUATION OF ECO-INNOVATIONS IN SLOVAKIA

Summary/Abstract: Environmental sustainability, elimination and prevention of negative impacts of economic activities on individual components of environment have become an essential part of every economic policy. Concerns about the state of the environment are also reflected in innovation, scientific and technical policies, in which eco-innovation is becoming increasingly important. The aim of the article is to evaluate eco-innovations in Slovakia and to test the interdependence of the level of patenting of environmental technologies on government budget outlays or appropriations for research and development in the area of environment and energy. In order to test for the interdependence, regression was used. We used the eco-innovation index elaborated by the European Commission to evaluate the eco-innovation performance of Slovakia.

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