Adoption of pollution prevention techniques: The role of management systems and regulatory pressures

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-106

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Total Quality Management; Toxic releases

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; POLLUTION PREVENTION; REGULATORY PRESSURE; TECHNOLOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOXIC RELEASE; UNREGULATED EMISSIONS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 70350151563     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9263-y     Document Type: Article

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