Environmental innovation in industry: The importance of environmentally-driven users

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-314

  Foster, Chris ^a,b,c   Green, Ken ^d,e,f,g,h,i  

^a Eugeos Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute's EARA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre for Research on Organisation Management and Technical Change (CROMTEC)   (United Kingdom)

^f CRIC (Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition)   (United Kingdom)

^g Greening of Industry Network(GIN)   (United Kingdom)

^h IHDP IT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental innovation; R d; Regulation; Users

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; R&D; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; USERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 28044460717     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2002.000793     Document Type: Review

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