The role of voluntary industry standards in environmental supply-chain management: An institutional economics perspective

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 103-123

  Rosen, Christine Meisner ^a   Beckman, Sara L ^a   Bercovitz, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(EMS); Computer industry; Design for environment (DfE); Economic theory; Environmental management systems; Greening the supply chain; Semiconductor industry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0037701648     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/108819802766269557     Document Type: Review

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