Factors influencing automobile firms' eco-innovation orientation

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-38

  Segarra Onã, Marival ^a,b   Peiró Signes, Angel ^a,b   Payá Martínez, Ana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c No 6 Industrial Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive Industry; Eco Design; Eco Innovation; Environment Orientation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; ECODESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MANAGERS; WAGES;

AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES; DATA SET; ECO-INNOVATION; ENVIRONMENT ORIENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; INFORMATION SOURCES; KEY TRENDS; PROCESS INNOVATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TECHNIQUES;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84901054145     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2014.11432002     Document Type: Article

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