Green technology and ecoinnovation: Seven casestudies from a Russian manufacturing context

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 910-929

  Bartlett, Dean ^a   Trifilova, Anna ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NIZHNY NOVGOROD STATE UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Innovation; Manufacturing industries; Partnership; Russia; Universities

Indexed keywords

CASE ANALYSIS; CASE-STUDIES; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ECO-INNOVATION; EMPIRICAL DATA; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; LIBERALISATION; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; PARTNERSHIP; RADICAL INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RUSSIA; TECHNICAL PROBLEM; UNIVERSITIES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; TAXONOMIES; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 78049512883     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410381011086757     Document Type: Article

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