Are EMS environmentally effective? The link between environmental management systems and environmental performance in European companies

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-283

  Hertin, Julia ^a   Berkhout, Frans ^b   Wagner, Marcus ^c   Tyteca, Daniel ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 40649085858     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560701865040     Document Type: Review

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