Success factors for eco-innovations and other innovations

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 301-327

  Hörte, Sven Åke ^a   Halila, Fawzi ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Environmental innovation; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149374943     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2008.022231     Document Type: Article

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