Organizational factors and technological features in the development of green innovations: Evidence from patent analysis

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Petruzzelli, Antonio Messeni ^a   Dangelico, Rosa Maria ^a   Rotolo, Daniele ^a   Albino, Vito ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental technologies; Green innovation; Inter organizational collaborations; Intra organizational collaborations; Patents; Technological complexity; Technological novelty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053082099     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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