
Pelin DemirelImperial College London | Imperial · Dyson School of Design Engineering
Pelin Demirel
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
The healthcare sector is a major contributor to the climate crisis, and operating theatres (OTs) are one of the highest sources of emissions. To inform emissions reduction, this study aimed to (i) compare the outcomes of interventions targeting sustainable behaviours in OTs using the Triple Bottom Line framework, (ii) categorise the in...
Transition pathways for net zero encompass seemingly insurmoun-table innovation challenges for the scaling of less mature technological solutions such as hydrogen, materials substitution, and electrification as well as societal challenges to increase the market acceptability of these solutions. In this article, we present a conceptual framework whi...
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The health sector contributes significantly to the climate crisis. Operating theatres in particular are a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions and waste, and while there are several evidence-based guidelines to reduce this impact, these are often not followed. We systematically reviewed the literature to identify barriers and fa...
Currently, fashion is designed, produced and consumed within a linear economy. There is an urgent need for the industry to move towards a Circular Economy (CE), but this cannot be achieved without the alignment of policies. Policies relevant to the Fashion Textiles Industry (FTI) are scattered across various legislative domains with few attempts to...
Building on the dynamic capabilities literature and natural-resource-based view, the paper examines whether firms can attain sales growth through a range of sustainability-oriented dynamic capabilities including (1) internal green supply chain management capabilities, (2) external green supply chain management capabilities and (3) green political c...
Real-estate has become an integral part of financialised economies, but while scholars have turned to examine the emergence of carbon markets, the role of carbon in real-estate finance has been broadly overlooked. Real-estate as a sector has been historically slow to innovate, particularly in response to pressure from climate change. More recently,...
Millions of freelancers work on digital platforms in the online labour market (OLM). The OLM’s capacity to both undermine and reproduce labour inequalities is a theme in contemporary platform economy debates. What is less well understood is how processes of social (re)production take place in practice for diverse freelancers on global platforms. Dr...
This paper aims to advance the understanding of the dyadic relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainability within the context of tourism and hospitality through a systematic review of the literature. While Social entrepreneurship (SE) is arguably a means for a more sustainable tourism and hospitality industry, scholarly works on it...
Growth of the platform economy has been accompanied by critiques of the fragmented, isolated and precarious nature of the employment it offers. Yet, little is known about how creative freelancers perceive the meaning of work on the platforms. Based on 40 interviews with freelancers, clients, platform owners and industry experts, this paper reveals...
As the circular economy (CE) concept gains growing popularity among consumers and producers, small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) increasingly look for ways to reorganize their offering and operations to integrate into the CE. This study examines the impact of (a) circular eco‐innovations and (b) external funding available for CE activities o...
While the number of green start-ups has steadily increased around the world in response to the environmental problems demanding immediate solutions, there are several unresolved questions on the behaviour and performance of such ventures. The papers in this special issue shed light on these issues by underscoring the role of several factors, such a...
This paper examines the impact of corporate risk management strategies,
namely, (1) financial, (2) operational, and (3) enterprise risk management on
firm value in the context of an emerging market, Turkey. We use a unique hand-collected
sample of non-financial Turkish companies for the years 2010–2015 and
use mixed research methods to gain insight...
Despite consensus in the literature that regulation, technology push, and market pull drive eco‐innovation (EI), evidence remains limited on the diverse firm capabilities needed to boost EI. Building on the natural‐resource‐based view of the firm and the EI literature, this paper posits that firms need to renew and realign their capabilities, and u...
Using a sample of 6,936 banks in 25 developed countries between 2007 and 2015, the paper explores the impact of market power and bank regulatory variables, such as capital stringency, restrictions in activities and the power of supervisory agencies, on bank stability. Various dimensions of bank risk exposures are considered. and the findings reveal...
This paper examines the impact of corporate risk management strategies, namely (1) financial, (2) operational and (3) enterprise risk management (ERM) on firm value in the context of an emerging market, Turkey. We use a unique hand-collected sample of non-financial Turkish companies between 2010-2015 and use mixed research methods to gain insights...
This paper examines the impact of corporate risk management strategies, namely (1) financial, (2) operational and (3) enterprise risk management (ERM) on firm value in the context of an emerging market, Turkey. We use a unique hand-collected sample of non-financial Turkish companies between 2010-2015 and use mixed research methods to gain insights...
This article focuses on environmental management systems (EMS) and aims to enhance our understanding of the relationship between environmental state regulation and self-regulation. Unlike previous studies that treat state regulation as uni-dimensional and focus on externally certified forms of environmental self-regulation, this article takes a mor...
Recent research on consumer social responsibility highlights the need to examine psychological drivers of environmentally-friendly consumption choices in a global context. This paper investigates consumers’ willingness to pay more (WTP) for environmentally-friendly products across 28 European Union (EU) countries, using a sample of 21,514 consumers...
The focus of this study is ‘hidden entrepreneurs’ who bridge formal and informal economies. While their business activities are legal, the governance and ownership structures of their organizations are illegal. This qualitative study draws upon institutional theory to illuminate the emergence of international hidden entrepreneurs in Oman as an unin...
In recent years there has been increased pressure on universities to deliver on their third mission. In the UK context, universities are encouraged to explicitly assume responsibility for facilitating economic growth, with a particular emphasis being given to the role played by the research-led institutions. Using a broad definition of entrepreneur...
This paper investigates the determinants of technological diversification amongst UK’s small serial innovators (SSIs). Using a longitudinal study of 339 UK-based small businesses accounting for almost 7000 patents between 1990-2006, this study constitutes the first empirical examination of technological diversification amongst SMEs in the literatur...
This study focusses on “hidden entrepreneurship” activities, which are legal and legitimate within the formal economy, but where the governance structure of the organization is illegal. This qualitative study draws upon institutional theory to explore the emergence of hidden entrepreneurship in Oman, and to examine its effects on the domestic entre...
Technological innovations are seen as one of the best solutions to mitigate the environmental impacts of economic activity. Yet, the innovative success of firms, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the environmental sector is dependent on the presence of appropriate external financing to support their innovative activity. In a...
This article aims to shed light on the presence and importance of a significant number of small firms amongst serial innovators.
Contrary to the common expectation in the innovative persistence literature, we posit that small serial innovators also benefit
from operating within patterns of creative accumulation. However, it is in the quality of the...
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) are organisational environmental innovations with a remarkable potential for environmental sustainability transformations in firms. Research on EMS treats regulatory compliance pressures as key, yet, one- dimensional determinants of EMS adoption and certification. However, insights from the policy-oriented inn...
Technological improvements are seen as the best solution in countering the environmental impacts of economic activity. UK economy is no exception to this view, where the environmental sector is put under the spotlight to innovate and maximize energy efficiency. Yet, the success of firms, especially SMEs, in the environmental sector is dependent on...
This paper analyses the determinants of technological diversification for small innovative companies. Using patent data from the PATSTAT database for the period between 1990 and 2006, we explore technological diversification through a panel data set comprising 811 UK based serial innovators characterized by a sustained record of innovations over ti...
This study explores the characteristics and determinants of innovation of exceptionally innovative small and medium sized UK enterprises. The focus is placed on 'serial' innovators, defined as independent companies with a persistent unusually high frequency of innovations over time. The aim of the study is to identify such companies and analyse tho...
The paper contributes to an emerging literature that critically questions the degree to which R&D, at the centre of national innovation policies, results in firm growth. The differences in how innovation affects firm growth is explored for small and large publicly quoted US pharmaceutical firms between 1950 and 2008. We observe that the positive im...
The importance of finance for exporting goods is well understood in the literature. Yet, despite the growing magnitude and importance of service exports, the question whether service firms rely on external finance for exporting remains unanswered by the existing literature. We address this overlooked area by studying whether long‐ and short‐term bo...
The aim of this paper is to identify the key drivers of organizational eco-innovations by looking at the motivations of UK companies for adopting Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Besides competitive, ethical, and institutional motives, this study considers the importance of the capabilities and internal resources that firms hold in stimulati...
In this paper, we adopt a recent OECD framework and examine the role of external policy tools and internal firm specific factors for stimulating three different types of eco-innovations that range on a spectrum of lower to higher technological and environmental impacts: End-of-Pipeline Pollution Control Technologies, Integrated Cleaner Production T...
The venture capital sector may not be supportive of radical new clean-technology innovation: a potential concern for the UK's vision of achieving a low carbon economy.
Driven by political pressures to cut down CO2 emissions and to find cheaper and renewable alternatives to fuel based technologies, the clean technology sector (cleantech) has risen...
Demirel P. and Mazzucato M. The evolution of firm growth dynamics in the US pharmaceutical industry, Regional Studies. This paper studies the dynamics of firm growth and firm size distribution in the pharmaceutical industry from 1950 to 2003. Growth dynamics are studied in the context of how the size composition of firms changes, how innovation pat...
If market 'selection' works, and if innovation leads to greater efficiency (higher quality and/or lower costs), then one should expect to find a relationship between innovation and firm growth. Yet the empirical evidence for the impact of innovation on firm growth is rather mixed. The paper looks at the relationship between innovation and firm grow...
The environmental economics literature emphasises the key role that environmental regulations play in stimulating eco-innovations. Innovation literature, on the other hand, underlines other important determinants of eco-innovations, mainly the supply-side factors such as firms’ organisational capabilities and demand-side mechanisms, such as custome...
The paper studies the dynamics of firm growth and firm size distributions in the pharmaceutical industry from 1950 to 2003 and in the biotechnology industry from the early 1980's to 2003. Growth dynamics are studied in the context of how the size composition of firms changes, how innovation patterns (patents) change, as well as locational decisions...
The paper studies the dynamics of firm growth and the firm size distribution in the pharmaceutical industry from 1950 to 2003. Growth dynamics are studied in the context of how the size composition of firms changes, how innovation patterns (patents) change, and how location leads to growth differentials among US firms. It is found that the growth a...