Environmental management in Brazil: Is it a completely competitive priority?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-22

  Jabbour, Charbel José Chiappetta ^a   Maria Da Silva, Eliciane ^b   Paiva, Ely Laureano ^c   Almada Santos, Fernando Cesar ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Competitive priorities; Environmental management; Manufacturing; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN COMPANIES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE MANUFACTURING; COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES; CROSS FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ISO 14001; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; WASTE REDUCTION;

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80455164526     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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