Collaboration mechanisms for sustainable innovation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 203, Issue , 2018, Pages 1170-1186

  Reficco, Ezequiel ^a   Gutiérrez, Roberto ^b   Jaén, Maria Helena ^b,c   Auletta, Nunzia ^c  

^a EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c IESA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Business model; Collaboration mechanisms; Corporate sustainability; Latin America; Sustainable enterprise; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

BUSINESS MODELING; COLLABORATION MECHANISMS; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; LATIN AMERICA; SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85053179102     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.043     Document Type: Article

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