Environmentally friendly products: Factors that influence their adoption

Technovation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 457-465

  Bhate, Seema ^a   Lawler, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRODUCT DESIGN; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031208645     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(97)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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