Lean, green, and the quest for superior environmental performance

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 228-243

  Rothenberg, Sandra ^a   Pil, Frits K ^b   Maxwell, James ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; High involvement work; Lean manufacturing; Resource use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001033068     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2001.tb00372.x     Document Type: Article

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