Barriers to environmental innovation in SMEs: Empirical evidence from french firms

Management (France)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 132-155

  Pinget, Amandine ^a   Bocquet, Rachel ^a   Mothe, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

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EID: 84937030806     PISSN: 12864892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/mana.182.0132     Document Type: Article

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