Innovation Capacity and the Implementation of Eco-innovation: Toward a Contingency Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1000-1013

  Tsai, Kuen Hung ^a   Liao, Yi Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

eco innovation; environmental innovation; environmental policy; environmental proactivity; innovation capacity; R D; stakeholder pressure; sustainability development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPORT; INNOVATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 85017530352     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1963     Document Type: Article

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