Impact of environmental regulations on innovation and performance in the UK industrial sector

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1493-1513

  Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^a   Black, Andrew ^a   Nath, Prithwiraj ^a   Muyldermans, Luc ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental regulations; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649262796     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011090298     Document Type: Article

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