Innovation and its potential in the context of the ecological component of sustainable development

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-262

  Bakhtina, Victoria A ^a  

^a International Finance Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Eco innovation potential; Ecological balance; Innovation; Innovation credits; Regulation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872657970     PISSN: 20408021     EISSN: 2040803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20408021111185402     Document Type: Article

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