Closing the loop: Product take-back regulations and their strategic implications

Corporate Environmental Strategy

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Toffel, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL RESOURCES; RECYCLING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING MARKETS; USAGE INTENSITY;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; RECYCLING; REGULATORY APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 19644385284     PISSN: 10667938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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