Eco-innovation, sustainable supply chains and environmental performance in European industries We gratefully acknowledge the support by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 649186 – ISIGrowth. The comments and suggestions by three anonymous referees are also acknowledged. The usual disclaimers apply.

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 141-154

  Costantini, Valeria ^a   Crespi, Francesco ^a,c   Marin, Giovanni ^b   Paglialunga, Elena ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c BRICK   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Environmental performance; Governance systems; Inter sectoral linkages; International spillovers; Sustainable production; Value chain

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECO-INNOVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL SPILLOVERS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; VALUE CHAINS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84994887712     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.038     Document Type: Article

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