Diffusion of environmental biotechnology in Canada: adoption strategies and cost offsets

Technovation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 551-560

  Arundel, Anthony ^a   Rose, Antoine ^b  

^a UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

ADOPTION STRATEGIES; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0032669452     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(99)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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