Influences on Sustainable Innovation Adoption: Evidence from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-110

  Gauthier, Jeffrey ^a   Wooldridge, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental policy; Innovation; Sustainable building design; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INNOVATION; LEADERSHIP; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855345475     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.716     Document Type: Article

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