Adoption of green electricity by small- and medium-sized enterprises in Germany

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 1185-1194

  Rahbauer, Sebastian ^a,b   Menapace, Luisa ^b   Menrad, Klaus ^a   Decker, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption factors; Green electricity; Green marketing; Literature review; SME

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER MARKETS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ADOPTION FACTORS; ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GREEN ELECTRICITY; GREEN MARKETING; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; LIBERALISATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RELATED FACTORS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

SALES;

EID: 84955568337     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.079     Document Type: Review

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