State and Entrepreneurship on the Road to Green Growth in a Post Lignite Era: Friends or Foes?

Giorgos Avlogiaris, Polytimi Farmaki and Androniki Katarachia

European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2023, issue 02

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Keywords: green governance; green entrepreneurship; post lignite era; green growth; environmental management; Green Deal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P18 Q51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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