Adoption of cleaner technology for climate proactivity: A technology-firm-stakeholder framework

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-378

  Sangle, Shirish ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING NITIE   (India)

Author keywords

Cleaner technology adoption; Climate proactivity; Perception based model

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

INDIA;

EID: 80051963643     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.692     Document Type: Article

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