Enhancing our understanding of the role of environmental policy in environmental innovation: adoption explained by the accumulation of policy instruments and agent-based factors

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 934-947

  Chappin, Maryse M H ^a   Vermeulen, Walter J V ^b   Meeus, Marius T H ^a   Hekkert, Marko P ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation of policy; Adoption processes; Intra organizational factors; Longitudinal approach; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 70350560397     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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