Investigating the relationship between company competitiveness and environmental regulation in European food processing: results of a matched firm comparison

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1585-1602

  Hitchens, D M W N ^a   Birnie, J E ^a   McGowan, A ^a   Triebswetter, U ^b   Cottica, A ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Eco and Eco   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FOOD PROCESSING;

COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GERMANY; IRELAND; ITALY; NORTHERN IRELAND; UK;

EID: 0031723603     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a301585     Document Type: Article

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