Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case

Review of Managerial Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 683-709

  Abdullah, Mirza ^a   Zailani, Suhaiza ^b   Iranmanesh, Mohammad ^b   Jayaraman, K ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Green innovation; Malaysia; Manufacturers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929428982     PISSN: 18636683     EISSN: 18636691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11846-015-0173-9     Document Type: Article

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