The impact of operator involvement in pollution reduction: Case studies in Canadian chemical companies

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 339-360

  Boiral, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Companies; Environmental; Operations; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 27844508637     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.431     Document Type: Article

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