Carbon management strategies in manufacturing companies: An exploratory note

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-360

  Čadež, Simon ^a   Czerny, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carbon efficiency; Carbon management; Eu emissions trading scheme; Slovenia; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651062907     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2010-4-348     Document Type: Article

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