What drives eco-innovators? A critical review of the empirical literature based on econometric methods

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 2158-2170

  Del Río, Pablo ^a   Peñasco, Cristina ^a   Romero Jordán, Desiderio ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Determinants; Eco innovation; Econometric methods; Review

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGITAL STORAGE; INNOVATION; REVIEWS;

CROSS SECTION DATA; DETERMINANTS; ECO-INNOVATION; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRIC METHODS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; INTERNATIONAL FACTORS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84957923514     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.009     Document Type: Review

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