Corporate sustainability, ecological modernization and the policy process in the South African automotive industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 453-465

  Kehbila, Anderson Gwanyebit ^a   Ertel, Jürgen ^a   Brent, Alan Colin ^b  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Ecological modernization; Environmental management system (EMS); ISO 14001; Policy process; South Africa, automotive industry

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MODERNIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78650445828     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.669     Document Type: Article

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