ABSTRACT
Within the studies on the interrelations between environmental and economic performances of firms, there are currently three research directions of higher added value: (i) the effects of environmental performance and innovations on economic performances, given the relatively wider space the drivers of environmental innovations have occupied (Mazzanti and Zoboli 2008); (ii) an increasing attention to the dynamics of relationships in the short run and medium/long run; (iii) extending at micro and meso levels the analyses from manufacturing to other industries, as recently proposed by Cainelli et al. (in press) and Mazzanti and Zoboli (2009a).
