Understanding environment management systems performance: An expanded empirical study

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-286

  Mahapatra, Santosh Kumar ^a   Melnyk, Steven A ^b   Calantone, Roger J ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business context; EMS; Environmentally Management System; Performance; QMS; Quality Management System

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247503186     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2007.012450     Document Type: Article

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