Are standardized EMSs useful in local authorities? A study of how a tool from the private sector is used in the public sector

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-197

  Norén, Hanna ^a   von Malmborg, Fredrik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 2442705096     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.403     Document Type: Article

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