Green innovation and knowledge: The role of size

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1045-1059

  Martínez Ros, Ester ^a   Kunapatarawong, Rasi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Go to Market Specialist   (Thailand)

Author keywords

breadth of knowledge; green innovation; internal and external knowledge; knowledge sourcing; search strategy

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; GREEN ECONOMY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85063693461     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2300     Document Type: Article

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