Environmental policy, innovation and performance: New insights on the porter hypothesis

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 803-842

  Lanoie, Paul ^a   Laurent Lucchetti, Jérémy ^b   Johnstone, Nick ^c   Ambec, Stefan ^d  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c OECD   (France)

^d TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

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EID: 79960707109     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9134.2011.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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