of 61,219 Italian manufacturing firms over the period 2000-2004. As a measure of lagged environmental performance …-environmental performance relationship. Signals of inverted U shape appear: this may be a signal that both firm strategies and recent policy … ; Economic Performance ; Environmental Performance …

This paper aims at analysing the role of the environment in innovative strategies based on firm economic performance …-related effects (the core of performance indicators) are not significant. Mainstream hypotheses related to eventual negative impacts … performance do not seem to be present …

The achievement of positive environmental performance at national level could strongly depend on differences in local …, innovation spillovers and regional policies in shaping the geographical distribution of environmental performance achievements …. -- Environmental Performance ; Technological Innovation ; Regional Spillovers ; Polluting Emissions ; Italian Regions …

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The achievement of positive environmental performance at national level could strongly depend on differences in local …, innovation spillovers and regional policies in shaping the geographical distribution of environmental performance achievements …