Economic efficiency, energy consumption and sustainable development;Ekonominis efektyvumas, energijos vartojimas ir subalansuota plėtra

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-374

  Bojnec, Štefan ^a   Papler, Drago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b Electro Gorenjska   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Economic efficiency; Energy consumption; Europe; Research and development; Sustainable development; Technological intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054773005     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2011.573278     Document Type: Article

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