Eco-innovation indices as tools for measuring eco-innovation

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Park, Mi Sun ^a   Bleischwitz, Raimund ^b   Han, Ki Joo ^a   Jang, Eun Kyung ^a   Joo, Ji Hyung ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c E 2FL   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Index; Measurement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INNOVATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 85035322807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9122206     Document Type: Article

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