Motives, difficulties and benefits in implementing the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-521

  Psomas, Evangelos L ^a   Fotopoulos, Christos V ^a   Kafetzopoulos, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benefits; Environmental management; ISO 14001 series

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959321685     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831111136090     Document Type: Article

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