Competitive advantage of German renewable energy firms in Russia - An empirical study based on porter's diamond

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-58

  Dögl, Corinna ^a   Holtbrügge, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Porter's diamond; Renewable energy; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952919843     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2010-1-34     Document Type: Article

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