Innovation in venture capital backed clean-technology firms in the UK

Parris, Stuart and Demirel, Pelin (2010). Innovation in venture capital backed clean-technology firms in the UK. Strategic Change, 19(7-8) pp. 343–357.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.880

Abstract

Driven by political pressures to cut down carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and to find cheaper and renewable alternatives to fuel based technologies, the clean technology sector has risen as an important target for venture capital investments in recent years. Although the clean-tech sector is operating on the frontier of the cutting edge renewable and environmentally friendly technologies, the majority of venture capital backed UK clean-tech firms do not patent or patent very little. Investors appear to experiment with their investment models and avoid taking big risks associated with funding the most radical and risky clean-tech innovations.

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• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1099-1697
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• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
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• Extra Information
• Special Issue: Raising the Rate of Venture Capital: Financial Instruments Offsetting High Risk, Debt Exposure, and Short-Term Failure
• Keywords
• venture capital; cleantech; innovation; patents
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Economics
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Research Group
• Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD)
  Institute for Innovation Generation in the Life Sciences (Innogen)
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• © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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• Stuart Parris