Creating and managing a virtual inter-organizational learning network for greener production: a conceptual model and case study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 14, Issue 9-11, 2006, Pages 891-899

  Manring, Susan L ^a   Moore, Samuel B ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Burlington Chemical Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Networks; Stakeholder management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOXICITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS; NETWORKS; STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646056126     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.11.033     Document Type: Article

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