A comparative study of ideation mechanisms used in eco-innovation tools

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 25, Issue 10-12, 2014, Pages 325-345

  Tyl, Benjamin ^a   Legardeur, Jérémy ^b,c   Millet, Dominique ^d   Vallet, Flore ^e  

^a Technopole Izarbel   (France)

^b Technopole Izarbel   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d LISMMA EoS Research Group   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

eco ideation; eco innovation; experiment; ideation mechanism

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS;

CASE-STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONSTANT RATE; ECO-IDEATION; ECO-INNOVATION; IDEA GENERATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84983579962     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544828.2014.992772     Document Type: Article

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