Selective multinationality: How environmental management helps high-tech SMES identify high-growth, low-risk markets

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-54

  Hunkeler, David ^a  

^a AQUA+TECH Specialties SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Environmental management; Expansion; Globalization; ISO 14000; ISO 9000; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037258622     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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