Green training supporting eco-innovation in three brazilian companies: Practices and levels of integration

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 387-392

  Neto, Angelo Saturnino ^a   Jabbour, Charbel José Chiappetta ^b   Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes De Sousa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Eco innovation; Environmental training; Green human resources management; Low carbon; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926388406     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ICT-02-2014-0010     Document Type: Article

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