Business and environmental impact of ISO 14001

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 425-435

  de Vries, Henk J ^a   Bayramoglu, Deniz K ^a   van der Wiele, Ton ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental management system; ISO 14001; ISO 9000 series; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859196423     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656711211224866     Document Type: Review

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