Do stakeholder groups influence environmental management system development in the Dutch agri-food sector?

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-231

  Bremmers, Harry ^a,b   Omta, Onno ^a   Kemp, Ron ^a   Haverkamp, Derk Jan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri food sector; Environmental management; Environmental policy; Stakeholder influences; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD INDUSTRY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33947378319     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.480     Document Type: Article

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