Innovation and environmentally sustainable economy: Identifying the best practices developed by multinationals in Brazil

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 160, Issue , 2017, Pages 83-97

  Marcon, Arthur ^a   de Medeiros, Janine Fleith ^a   Ribeiro, José Luis Duarte ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Marketing innovation; Organizational innovation; Process innovation; Product innovation; Sustainability; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INNOVATION; MARKETING;

ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; MARKETING INNOVATIONS; MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROCESS INNOVATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY REPORT; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85013384797     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.101     Document Type: Article

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