Eco-innovation by small and medium-sized firms in Europe: From end-of-pipe to cleaner technologies

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-40

  Triguero, A ^a   Moreno Mondejar L ^a   Davia, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cleaner technologies; Eco innovation; End of pipe; Europe; SMEs firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928599377     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2015.1011059     Document Type: Article

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