How sustainable entrepreneurs engage in institutional change: Insights from biomass torrefaction in the Netherlands

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 608-618

  Thompson, Neil A ^b   Herrmann, Andrea M ^a   Hekkert, Marko P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Collaborative action; Institutional change; Sustainable entrepreneurship; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMERCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; COLLABORATIVE ACTION; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURS; SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS; TORREFACTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85028203379     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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