An empirical study on the correlation between environmental design implementation and business competitive advantages in Taiwan's industries

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 783-794

  Tien, Shiaw Wen ^a   Chung, Yi Chan ^a,b   Tsai, Chih Hung ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business competitive advantages; Environmental design; Environmental strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13244257158     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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