Technology choice and capacity portfolios under emissions regulation

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1006-1025

  Drake, David F ^a   Kleindorfer, Paul R ^b   Van Wassenhove, Luk N ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Clean technology subsidy; Emissions regulation; Sustainable operations; Technology choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952683477     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12523     Document Type: Article

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