Do customers' personal attributes matter in the adoption of wood pellet heating?

IEMC-Europe 2008 - 2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, Europe: Managing Engineering, Technology and Innovation for Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tapaninen, A ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adoption of innovation; Innovation decision; Personal attributes; Wood pellet heating

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GAME THEORY; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PELLETIZING; SALES; SOLAR SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING; WOOD;

ADOPTION OF INNOVATION; INNOVATION DECISION; PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES; WOOD PELLET HEATING;

INNOVATION;

DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INNOVATION; LIFE CYCLE; METEOROLOGY; PELLETING; PLANNING; WOOD;

EID: 53149089092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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