Sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship: Introduction to the volume

Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-23

  Wüstenhagen, Rolf ^a,b   Sharma, Sanjay ^c   Starik, Mark ^d   Wuebker, Robert ^e  

^a Institute for Economy and the Environment   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c Canada   (Canada)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84890683153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848441552.00007     Document Type: Chapter

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