An R&D management framework for eco-technology

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1282-1301

  Kobayashi, Hideki ^a   Kato, Masahiro ^a   Maezawa, Yukishige ^b   Sano, Kenji ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Eco value evaluation; Future research; Management of eco technology; Organizational learning; R D management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866037254     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3081282     Document Type: Article

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