Policies for Enhancing Corporate Environmental Management: A Framework and an Applied Example

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 338-350

  Valentine, Scott Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CEM lifecycle; Corporate environmental management; Environmental governance; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE USE; STATE ROLE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84863777080     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.745     Document Type: Article

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