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Organizational Creative Climate in Determining the Work Innovativeness among the Knowledge Workers

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Energy and material efficiency innovations : the relevance of innovation strategies

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Consumer Product Design and Innovation : Past, Present and Future

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Determinants of environmental product and process innovations : new evidence on the basis of European panel data

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