The relevance of the cooperative model in the field of renewable energy

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-212

  Huybrechts, Benjamin ^a   Mertens, Sybille ^a  

^a Research Center QuantOM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assets and weaknesses; Cooperative; Renewable energy; Social enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899909521     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apce.12038     Document Type: Article

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