Industrial symbiosis, networking and innovation: The potential role of innovation poles

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Taddeo, Raffaella ^a   Simboli, Alberto ^a   Ioppolo, Giuseppe ^b   Morgante, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clusters; Industrial ecology; Industrial symbiosis; Innovation; Innovation poles; Networks

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INNOVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NETWORKING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; STAKEHOLDER;

ITALY;

IPS;

EID: 85013632683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9020169     Document Type: Article

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