Assessing the effects of customer innovativeness, environmental value and ecological lifestyles on residential solar power systems install intention

Energy Policy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 951-961

  Chen, Kee Kuo ^a  

^a YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Customer innovativeness; Environmental value; Solar power system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893841691     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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