Business-driven innovations towards more sustainable chemical products

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages S85-S94

  Visser, Remco ^a   Jongen, Mat ^a   Zwetsloot, Gerard ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business driven innovations; Chemical substances; Demand and supply chain; Environmental managers; Sustainable product innovation

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUSINESS-DRIVEN INNOVATIONS; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES; DEMAND AND SUPPLY CHAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

EID: 36849017597     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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