The determinants of green radical and incremental innovation performance: Green shared vision, green absorptive capacity, and green organizational ambidexterity

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7787-7806

  Chen, Yu Shan ^a   Chang, Ching Hsun ^b   Lin, Yu Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Green absorptive capacity; Green exploitation learning; Green exploration learning; Green incremental innovation; Green innovation; Green organizational ambidexterity; Green radical innovation; Green shared vision

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INNOVATION; LEARNING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84920736295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6117787     Document Type: Article

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