A state-of-the-art of industrial sustainability: Definitions, tools and metrics

International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 207-251

  Arena, Marika ^a   Ciceri, Natalia Duque ^a   Terzi, Sergio ^b   Bengo, Irene ^a   Azzone, Giovanni ^a   Garetti, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Definitions; Metrics; Sustainability; Tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957022985     PISSN: 17435110     EISSN: 17435129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPLM.2009.031674     Document Type: Article

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