Beyond case studies: Barriers to energy efficiency in commerce and the services sector

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 449-464

  Schleich, Joachim ^a,b   Gruber, Edelgard ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Organisational investment behaviour; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESTIMATION; TECHNOLOGY;

LOGIT MODEL; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; INVESTMENT; LOGIT ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SERVICE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 37349059363     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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