An industry perspective of the completeness and relevance of a social assessment framework for project and technology management in the manufacturing sector

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-262

  Labuschagne, Carin ^a   Brent, Alan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Industry sustainability; Life Cycle Management; Social impact; Sustainability framework; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT; PROCESS INDUSTRY; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35548976258     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.07.028     Document Type: Article

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