The Political Ecology of Automobile Recycling in Europe

Organization Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Orsato, Renato J ^a   Den Hond, Frank ^b   Clegg, Stewart R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life vehicles; Institutional theory; Organization and environment; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042045756     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840602234006     Document Type: Review

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