Societal innovation in a constrained world: Theoretical and empirical perspectives

Innovations in Sustainable Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-27

  Brown, Halina Szejnwald ^a   Vergragt, Philip J ^a   Cohen, Maurie J ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84888304755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781001349.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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