Deregulation and differentiation: Incumbent investment in green technologies

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1162-1185

  Kim, Eun Hee ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

green technology; industrial organization economics; regulation; renewable energy; resource based view

Indexed keywords

GREEN TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION ECONOMICS; REGULATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

DEREGULATION;

EID: 84882455632     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2067     Document Type: Article

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