Indicators for environmental innovation: What and how to measure

The International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 324-339

  Arundel, Anthony ^a   Kemp, René ^a   Parto, Saeed ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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