The adoption and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies among firms

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 87-103

  Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Rodenburg, Caroline A ^a   Verhoef, Erik T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy use; environmental policies; technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944264846     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijetm.2001.000742     Document Type: Article

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