Going green from the inside: Insider action research at the Volvo Car corporation

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-252

  Williander, Mats ^a   Styhre, Alexander ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Environmentally friendly products; Insider action research; Volvo car corporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747647978     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-006-9015-7     Document Type: Article

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