Key business factors for eco-innovation: An overview of recent firm-level empirical studies

Cuadernos de Gestion

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. PECIALISSU, 2012, Pages 73-103

  Pereira, Ángeles ^a   Vence, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Environmental strategy; Firm level determinants; Supply side and demand side factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870574140     PISSN: 11316837     EISSN: 19882157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5295/cdg.110308ap     Document Type: Article

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