Interorganizational cooperation, knowledge sharing, and technological eco-innovation: The role of proactive environmental strategy – empirical evidence from Poland

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 753-764

  Ryszko, Adam ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Interorganizational cooperation; Knowledge sharing; Proactive environmental strategy; Technological eco innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992478226     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/61533     Document Type: Article

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