An industrial ecology project in practice: Exploring the boundaries of decision-making levels in regional industrial systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 12, Issue 8-10, 2004, Pages 1073-1085

  Baas, L W ^a   Boons, F A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster management; Industrial ecology; Institutional theory; System boundary theory

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS BALANCE; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLUSTER MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; SYSTEM BOUNDARY THEORY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2442464657     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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