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Adoption of renewable energy innovations in the Portuguese rural tourist accommodation sector Cover

Adoption of renewable energy innovations in the Portuguese rural tourist accommodation sector

By: Luís Silva  
Open Access
|Apr 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2022-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6202 | Journal ISSN: 1210-8812
Language: English
Page range: 22 - 33
Submitted on: Aug 24, 2021
Accepted on: Mar 5, 2022
Published on: Apr 13, 2022
Published by: Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geonics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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