Environmental Policy and the Small Firm in Japan: Comparisons with the Netherlands

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-413

  Revell, Andrea ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1242298996     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908032000171657     Document Type: Review

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