Environmental education for small- and medium-sized enterprises: Methodology and e-learning experience in the Valencian region

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 507-520

  Cloquell Ballester, Vicente Agustín ^a   Monterde Díaz, Rafael ^a   Cloquell Ballester, Víctor Andrés ^a   Torres Sibille, Ana del Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

e learning; Environmental training; MCDM; SME; Valencian region

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNET; LEARNING STYLE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 40749122607     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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