Creative destruction and destructive creations: Environmental ethics and planned obsolescence

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Guiltinan, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Durable goods; Environment; Planned obsolescence; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349083515     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9907-9     Document Type: Article

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