Investment in energy efficiency: Do the characteristics of investments matter?

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 497-518

  Cooremans, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; Corporate finance; Energy efficiency gap; Energy efficiency investments; Investment decision making; Organization behavior; Strategic decision making

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL BUDGETING; CORPORATE FINANCE; ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH RESULTS; STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING;

BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY; SURVEYS;

INVESTMENTS;

CAPITAL; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT; PROFITABILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84867872339     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-012-9154-x     Document Type: Article

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