The impact of voluntary environmental protection instruments on company environmental performance

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Annandale, David ^a   Morrison Saunders, Angus ^a   Bouma, George ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Terra Consulting (Aust) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 1242277241     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.390     Document Type: Article

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