From eco-efficiency to eco-effectiveness? the policy-performance paradox

Society and Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-181

  Csutora, Mária ^a  

^a Departments of Business Economics   (Hungary)

Author keywords

D22; eco efficiency; environmental management systems; environmental strategies; multinational enterprises; Q51; Q55; sustainability; trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955137797     PISSN: 15889726     EISSN: 1588970X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/SocEc.33.2011.1.12     Document Type: Article

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