Ecoefficiency: Defining a role for environmental cost management

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 551-581

  Burnett, Royce D ^a   Hansen, Don R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44649106494     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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