The role of university in eco-entrepreneurship: Evidence from the eurobarometer survey on attitudes of european entrepreneurs towards eco-innovation

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2541-2549

  Sáez Martínez, Francisco José ^a   González Moreno, Ángela ^a   Hogan, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Eco entrepreneurship; Eco innovation; Entrepreneur; Eurobarometer; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939165784     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2014.284     Document Type: Article

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