Eco-Innovation Through Integration, Regulation and Cooperation: Comparative Insights from Case Studies in Three Manufacturing Sectors

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 747-764

  Wagner, Marcus ^a,b   Llerena, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

analysis; evolutionary; innovation; qualitative; Sustainability; theory

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MANUFACTURING; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84859249374     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2011.621744     Document Type: Article

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