Impacts of climate change agreements on British small and medium-sized enterprises

Energy and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-359

  Hill, Malcolm R ^a   Boocock, J Grahame ^a   McAulay, Laurie ^a   Higginson, Sarah L ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY; ECONOMIC DOWNTURN; ENERGY PRICES; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; PILOT STUDIES; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; TRADE ASSOCIATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COPING STRATEGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INCENTIVE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960253283     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.22.4.343     Document Type: Article

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