Green Product Innovation in Manufacturing Firms: A Sustainability-Oriented Dynamic Capability Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 490-506

  Dangelico, Rosa Maria ^a   Pujari, Devashish ^b   Pontrandolfo, Pierpaolo ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

dynamic capabilities; eco design; environmental sustainability; green product innovation; manufacturing firms; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019088321     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1932     Document Type: Article

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