External knowledge sources, green innovation and performance

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 129, Issue , 2018, Pages 210-220

  Ben Arfi, Wissal ^a   Hikkerova, Lubica ^b   Sahut, Jean Michel ^a  

^a ICAR (Idrac Research)   (France)

^b IPAG Business School ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Green innovation; Knowledge sharing; Performance; SME

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; FIRMS' PERFORMANCE; GREEN INNOVATIONS; INNOVATION PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85030708040     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.09.017     Document Type: Article

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