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Agreements and Joint Ventures in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Within the ‘green innovation approach’, the electric vehicle (EV) is one of the most important products as far as the reduction of pollution is concerned (OECD, 2010, 2011; Volpato and Zirpoli, 2011).

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Vitali, G. (2012). Agreements and Joint Ventures in the Electric Vehicle Industry. In: Calabrese, G. (eds) The Greening of the Automotive Industry. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137018908_13

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