Adopting ecodesign practices: Case study of a midsized automotive supplier

Environmental Quality Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-22

  Borchardt, Miriam ^a   Poltosi, Leonel A C ^c   Sellitto, Miguel A ^b   Pereira, Giancarlo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b UNISINOS University   (Brazil)

^c UNISINOS University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; DESIGN METHOD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 70349746783     PISSN: 10881913     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tqem.20232     Document Type: Article

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