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  • Eco-innovation is an explicit aim of major EU policy strategies. Many environmental policies de facto require firms to eco-innovate to comply with policy requirements, while the overlap between policy-driven and market-driven eco-innovation strategies is increasingly important for many firms. Barriers to eco-innovation can then emerge as a critical factor in either preventing or stimulating EU strategies, policy implementation, and the green strategies of firms. In this paper we focus on EU-27 SMEs. We single out and explore different firm profiles, considering eco-innovation barriers and engagement. Our analysis is based on a particularly suitable dataset: the Eurobarometer survey on ``Attitudes of European entrepreneurs towards eco-innovation''. We identify six clusters of SMEs. These clusters include firms facing either `Revealed barriers' or `Deterring barriers', `Cost deterred' firms, `Market deterred' firms, `Non eco-innovators', and `Green champions'. The clusters display substantial differences in terms of eco-innovation adoption. We show that our taxonomy has little overlap with sector classifications. This diversity should be taken into account for successful environmental and innovation policies. (xsd:string)
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  • First published online: April 29, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00191-015-0407-7. (Eurobarometer) (xsd:string)
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  • SMEs and barriers to Eco-innovation in the EU: exploring different firm profiles (xsd:string)
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  • In Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 25(3), 671-705, 2015 (xsd:string)
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