Striving to be green: The adoption of total quality environmental management

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2995-3007

  Harrington, Donna Ramirez ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^b   Deltas, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57349092414     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600994005     Document Type: Article

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