Certification and integration of management systems: The experience of Portuguese small and medium enterprises

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1965-1974

  Santos, Gilberto ^a   Mendes, Fátima ^b   Barbosa, Joaquim ^b  

^a Instituto Politcnico do Cvado e do Ave   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental management systems; Integrated management systems; Occupational health and safety management system; Quality management systems

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION PROCESS; COSTS REDUCTION; EMPLOYEE TRAINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS); HOMOGENEOUS GROUP; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ISO 14001; ISO 9001; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIATE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; OHSAS 18001; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; INTEGRATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVEYS;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80052500315     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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