Developments and Directions of Eco-innovation

Greening of Industry Networks Studies

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Azevedo, Susana Garrido ^a   Brandenburg, Marcus ^b,c   Carvalho, Helena ^d   Cruz Machado, Virgílio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Business development; Ecological; Innovation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066816656     PISSN: 25430246     EISSN: 25430254     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05077-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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