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Eco-innovations in Polish enterprises

Paweł Bartoszczuk

Warsaw School of Economics, Enterprise Institute al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland

e-mail: pbarto1@sgh.waw.pl

ORCID: 0000-0002-2208-5960

Keywords:
eco-innovation, environment, Central and Eastern European countries, economy, enterprise, environm.

Abtract

received: 25.06.2020
corrected: 09.07.2020
accepted: 10.07.2020

The aim of the article is to present the effects of implementing eco-innovations in enterprises. Eco-innovation is a  fairly modern concept and can be a  method of solving emerging environmental problems as a consequence of economic growth. As with innovation, eco-innovation has several types and can therefore result in a new or significantly improved product (good or service), process, new marketing or organizational methods. Eco-innovation should be seen as an integral part of innovative activities in all sectors of the economy

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