Leaders and Laggards in Environmental Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of SMEs in Europe

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 28-39

  Triguero, Angela ^a   Moreno Mondéjar, Lourdes ^a   Davia, María A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental innovation; Environmental management systems; Environmental strategy; Network; SMEs

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84961286860     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1854     Document Type: Article

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