The determinants of EST adoption by manufacturing plants in developing countries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-152

  Luken, Ralph ^a   Van Rompaey, Frank ^b   Zigová, Katarína ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environmentally sound technology; Global; Industry; Sustainable development; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 43449105341     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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