Resources, capabilities and competences for eco-innovation

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 274-292

  Del Río, Pablo ^a   Carrillo Hermosilla, Javier ^b   Könnölä, Totti ^c   Bleda, Mercedes ^d  

^a The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Insight Foresight institute (IFI)   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capabilities; case studies; eco innovation; environmental strategy; resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946434005     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2015.1070301     Document Type: Article

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