Summaries
This article focuses on three important policy issues related to innovation in the chemical industry. First, what are the structural differences between the notification systems for new chemical substances in the EU, Japan and the USA? Second, evaluation of the innovative performance of the chemical industries in these three regions. Third, determination of whether the differences observed can be attributed in part to the structural differences of the regulatory systems. The conclusions drawn are based on both a quantitative examination of the large and medium-sized stock-issuing companies of the industry, and on a qualitative analysis using the case study approach.
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Cet article porte principalement sur trois importantes questions de politique relatives à l’innovation dans l’industrie chimique. En premier lieu, un examination des différences de structure entre les systèmes de notification pour les nouveaux produits chimiques dans l’UE, au Japon et aux Etats Unis. En deuxième lieu, une évaluation de la performance innovative de l’industrie chimique dans ces trois régions. En troisième lieu, la détermination de si les différences observées peuvent être attribuées, en partie, aux différences de structure dans les systèmes de contrôle. Les conclusions tirées sont basées sur une examination quantitative des grandes et moyennes sociétés émettrices d’actions de l’industrie chimique aussi bien que sur une analyse qualitative qui utilise des études de cas.
Zusammenfassung
In diesem Beitrag werden drei zentrale Probleme der Chemikalienpolitik analysiert, die direkt und indirekt mit der Innovationsfähigkeit der chemischen Industrie zusammenhängen. Gestützt auf Ergebnisse eines internationalen Vergleichs der sehr unterschiedlichen Regulierung neuer chemischer Substanzen in der EU, in Japan und den USA werden Strukturunterschiede des Chemikalienrechts herausgearbeitet und untersucht, welche Auswirkungen des Chemikalienrechts im Innovationswettbewerb zu beobachten sind und welche Unterschiede in der Innovationsleistung auf Unterschiede in den Regulierungsansätzen zurückgeführt werden können.
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Fleischer, M. Regulation and innovation in the chemical industry: A comparison of the EU, Japan and the USA. Surface Coatings International Part B: Coatings Transactions 86, 21–29 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02699589
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