Absorptive Capacity and Social Capital: Innovation and Environmental Regulation

Abstract

It is appropriate to underline that the definitions herein introduced differ from those that several authors adopted on the basis of other nomenclatures. For instance, some prefer to define "secondary energies" those types of energy that allow to transfer energy in space or in time, with a view to make it available wherever and whenever needed. In this framework, the name energy vector is ascribed to this type of function. © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2012.