From brown to green?: Late Industrialization, Social Conflict, and Adoption of Environmental Technologies in Thailand's Pulp Industry

Organization & Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-87

  Sonnenfeld, David A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIALISATION; MANUFACTURING; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

THAILAND;

EID: 0031813125     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921810698111003     Document Type: Article

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