Increasing energy and resource efficiency through innovation an explorative analysis using innovation survey data

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 442-459

  Rennings, Klaus ^a   Rammer, Christian ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Environmental innovations; Innovation surveys; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449104847     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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