Environmental management systems in small and medium businesses

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 513-537

  McKeiver, Catherine ^a   Gadenne, David ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental management systems; Environmental strategies; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344458189     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242605055910     Document Type: Article

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