Ecological sustainability - a customer requirement? Evidence from the automotive industry

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1111-1133

  Hetterich, Jörg ^a   Bonnemeier, Sebastian ^b   Pritzke, Michael ^c   Georgiadis, Anthimos ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b TWT GmbH Science and Innovation   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

automotive interior; ecological sustainability; sustainable materials; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84868298248     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.636578     Document Type: Article

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