Can eco-innovative orientation be explained? an attempt to understand uncovered patterns

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1933-1939

  Peiró Signes, Ángel ^a   Segarra Oña, María Del Val ^a   Meseguer Santamaría, Leticia ^b   Mondéjar Jiménez, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Plaza de la Universidad ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Environmental orientation; Process orientation; Product orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900326027     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2013.241     Document Type: Article

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