Technological innovation, human capital and social change for sustainability. Lessons learnt from the Industrial Technologies Theme of the EU's Research Framework Programme

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 668-673

  Sabadie, Jesús Alquézar ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Education; Environment; Industry; Research; Social innovation; Technology

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL INNOVATIONS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CREATIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; INDUSTRY; INVENTIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84897959255     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.082     Document Type: Article

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