The roles of ISO 14001, research institutions and professional organisations in environmental performance

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-432

  Goffnett, Sean P ^a   Jenicke, Lawrence O ^a   Palaniswami, Shanthakumar ^a   Kang, Hyungu ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Environmental protection agency; EPA; Government; International organization for standardization; ISO; Supply chain; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053966396     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2011.043008     Document Type: Article

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