What to do to improve our eco-innovative aptitudes? An empirical study on the variables affecting the environmental awareness of firms while innovating

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 831-838

  Peiro Signes A ^a   Segarra Ona M ^a   Mondejar Jimenez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eco innovation determinants; PITEC; Spanish innovative firms

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84903155735     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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