A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION BASED ON MAIN PATH ANALYSIS

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 596-623

  Barbieri, Nicolò ^a,b   Ghisetti, Claudia ^a,b   Gilli, Marianna ^a,b   Marin, Giovanni ^b,c,d   Nicolli, Francesco ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SEEDS   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Citation network analysis; Environmental innovations; Green technologies; Main path analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INNOVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATH ANALYSIS;

EID: 84962479783     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12149     Document Type: Review

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