Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 902-913

  Fankhauser, Sam ^a   Bowen, Alex ^a   Calel, Raphael ^a   Dechezleprêtre, Antoine ^a   Grover, David ^a   Rydge, James ^a   Sato, Misato ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Green growth; Green innovation; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GREEN REVOLUTION; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURING;

CHINA; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886720896     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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