Eco-innovation and firm efficiency: Empirical evidence from Slovenia

Foresight and STI Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 103-111

  Hojnik, Jana ^a   Ruzzier, Mitja ^a   Manolova, Tatiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Eco innovation; Firm efficiency; Less innovative companies; More innovative companies; Organizational eco innovation; Process eco innovation; Product eco innovation; Slovenia; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031048335     PISSN: 25002597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17323/2500-2597.2017.3.103.111     Document Type: Article

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