Empirical determinants of eco-innovation in European countries using the community innovation survey

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Horbach, Jens ^a  

^a AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Country analysis; Eco innovation; Probit models

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GROWTH DETERMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INNOVATION; NATIONAL POLITICS; SURVEY METHOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84968779501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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