The role of technology spillovers in the process of water pollution abatement for large international firms

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Aldieri, Luigi ^a   Vinci, Concetto Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental relatedness; Innovation; Technology spillovers; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; INNOVATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 85019925650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9050868     Document Type: Article

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