Comparative analysis of diffusion of the ISO 14001 standard by sector of activity

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1734-1744

  Marimon, Frederic ^a   Llach, Josep ^b   Bernardo, Merce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Environmental management system; ISO 14001; Sector of economic activity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DIFFUSION RATE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; ISO 14000; ISO 14001; ISO-14001 STANDARD; LOGISTIC CURVES; SECTOR OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY;

CURVE FITTING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STANDARDS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 79960913478     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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