Sara Fernández

• Doctor of economics
• PhD at Complutense University of Madrid

This paper aims to analyse the eco-innovation convergence process across European countries differentiating by green output and input variables. For this purpose, we use data from the eco-innovation index from 2000 to 2020 following the club convergence approach. In the first step, we examine whether there is global convergence and convergence by c...

Nowadays, eco-innovation is considered the engine for a green path. This paper analyses the relationship between the level of economic development and eco-innovations for the EU-27 countries in the period 2013-2022. Results show an S-shaped curve in the relationship between the two variables in the EU countries: a lower level of GDP per capita impl...

Las Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación (TIC) aplicadas a la docencia, permitendinamizar las actividades docentes convencionales realizadas en el aula, y reforzar las clasestradicionales. Dentro de este marco, el podcast representa una herramienta con gran potencial parala innovación docente y, por ello, este trabajo se centra en ana...

Scarce evidence postulates the drivers of eco-innovation in Latin American Countries. This paper aims to contribute empirically to the literature on drivers of eco-efficiencies in this region. We use the last year available in the new LAIS dataset-Latin American Innovation Survey-and apply multivariate probit models. Results show that drivers in th...

The literature about the drivers of eco-innovation has pointed out the importance of internationalization processes. This study explores the relationship between two international strategies -Exports and Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - over eco-innovations differentiating by type of innovation (product and process) and the degree of novel...

Despite the growing literature on the drivers of eco-innovation, few studies analyze it in developing countries. Therefore, to fill this gap, this paper aims to analyze the influence of different groups of drivers of eco-innovation (technology push, market pull and regulatory push-pull) on two types of eco-innovations: Resources Efficiency and Sust...

In this paper, we explore the influence of different modes of openness of innovative firms on employment growth. Using a panel database of Spanish manufacturing firms during the period 1998–2015, we analyze the influence open innovation (OI) strategies on employment distinguishing by type of external partner. The main objective of the research is t...

This chapter performs a bibliometric analysis about open innovation or the collaboration with external partners and eco-innovation. Using information from Scopus, a study about empirical nature, the distribution by countries, authors and the ranking of journals of articles about these concepts is performed. On the one hand, the study of more than 2...

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on innovation and profitability in large European firms. Design/methodology/approach-Using information from a unique micro-longitudinal database of top European R&D investors and information from the European Commission (EC) Merger Control Authority, dy...

The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of open innovation strategies on eco-innovation by accounting for type of innovation (product vs. process) and novelty degree (radical vs. incremental) in the context of the Spanish food and beverage manufacturing industry over the period 2008–2014. We find that the breadth of external know...

Determining the effects of open innovation: the role of knowledge and geographical spillovers. Regional Studies. This paper examines the influence of open-innovation strategies and knowledge spillovers on innovative performance on a large sample of Spanish manufacturing firms during 1998–2013. Although most open-innovation strategies positively inf...