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Organisations, environmental management and innovation

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This figure is a bar graph. The information is displayed in the following table. (Note: the figures for ‘don't know/no answer’ were not shown in the original source image and so the numbers are based on our reading of the graph. The exact numbers are less important than their relative proportions when interpreting the data)

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Lack of collaboration with research institutes and universities13212419203
Lack of suitable business partners1625262292
Limited access to external information and knowledge, including a lack of well-developed technology support services1627261993
Reducing material use is not an innovation priority1727251894
Market dominated by established enterprises2129231782
Lack of qualified personnel and technological capabilities within the enterprise 2328222061
Technical and technological lock-ins (e.g. old technical infrastructures)2229201694
Reducing energy use is not an innovation priority2629211563
Lack of external financing3126191581
Existing regulations and structures no providing incentives to eco-innovate2532191374
Insufficient access to existing subsidies and fiscal incentives3030171283
Lack of funds within the enterprise3627171451
Uncertain return on investment or too long a payback period for eco-innovation3232141183
Uncertain demand from the market3433141162

 1.16 Barriers to eco-innovation