On the relationship between environmental management, environmental innovation and patenting: Evidence from German manufacturing firms

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1587-1602

  Wagner, Marcus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental management systems; Innovation; Patent; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SHAREHOLDERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; PATENTING; SELF ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDERS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 36148966162     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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