Drivers and barriers of eco‐innovation types for sustainable transitions: A quantitative perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 155-172.

  Kiefer, Christoph P ^a   González, Pablo Del Río ^a   Carrillo‐hermosilla, Javier ^b  

^a The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Eco innovation; Resource based view; Small and medium size enterprises; Spain; Sustainability transition

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 85056765798     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2246     Document Type: Article

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