Identifying eco-innovation in industrial symbiosis under linguistic preferences: A novel hierarchical approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 1376-1389

  Tseng, Ming Lang ^a   Bui, Tat Dat ^a  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Converged supermatrix; Eco innovation; Fuzzy Delphi method; Hierarchical structure; Importance performance analysis; Industrial symbiosis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FUZZY FILTERS; INNOVATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ECO-INNOVATION; FUZZY DELPHI METHOD; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; SUPERMATRIX;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84991233467     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.014     Document Type: Article

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