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European Multidisciplinary and Water-Column Observatory - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EMSO ERIC): Challenges and opportunities for Strategic European Marine Sciences
EMSO (European Multidisciplinary
Seafloor and water-column Observatory,
www.emso-eu.org) is a large-scale European
Research Infrastructure I. It is a distributed
infrastructure of strategically placed, deep-sea
seafloor and water column observatory nodes
with the essential scientific objective of real-time,
long-term observation of environmental processes
related to the interaction between the geosphere,
biosphere, and hydrosphere. The geographic
locations of the EMSO observatory nodes
represent key sites in European waters, from the
Arctic, through the Atlantic and Mediterranean,
to the Black Sea (Figure 1), as defined through
previous studies performed in FP6 and FP7 EC
projects such as ESONET-CA, ESONET-NoE,
EMSO-PP (Person et al., 2015).Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Subgroup separability in integral group rings
We give a list of finite groups containing all finite groups such that
the group of units of the integral group ring is subgroup
separable. There are only two types of these groups for which we cannot
decide wether is subgroup separable, namely the central product and .Comment: 9 page
Building a taxonomy of eco-innovation types in firms: A quantitative perspective
Eco-innovations, or innovations that reduce the environmental impacts of production and consumption activities, are considered crucial for sustainability transitions and a key element of a Circular Economy. Although previous contributions have acknowledged the existence of different types of eco-innovations (e.g., product vs. service or incremental vs. radical), a precise conceptualization of eco-innovation types, which takes into account its multifaceted character, is missing. Yet such a conceptualization is crucial in order to understand how eco-innovations contribute to a sustainable transition, how policy makers can promote different eco-innovation types, and how business practitioners can develop eco-innovations. This article covers this gap in the literature. Its aim is twofold: 1) to develop a quantitative method to categorise different eco-innovation types in a particular setting, taking into account their distinct features and dimensions; 2) to apply this method in a given sector and country, building a taxonomy of eco-innovation types. It draws on a survey of 197 Spanish industrial small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) which developed or adopted an eco-innovation between 2012 and 2013. The statistical analyses reveal the existence of a taxonomy of five eco-innovation types: systemic, externally driven, continuous improvement, radical (technology-push initiated) and eco-efficient. They differ in their techno-economic configurations, contribution to environmental sustainability and corporate goals and required changes in the firms. Specific policy and managerial implications are deducted
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