The "economic-finance interface" for eco-innovation projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1012-1025

  Scarpellini, Sabina ^a   Valero Gil, Jesús ^a   Portillo Tarragona, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate finance; Eco innovation; Project management

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; CORPORATE FINANCE; ECO-INNOVATION; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FEASIBLE DIRECTIONS; PROVIDE GUIDANCES; STRATEGIC APPROACHES;

FINANCE;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FINANCE; INNOVATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84971492779     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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