Carbon accounting: A systematic literature review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-38

  Stechemesser, Kristin ^a   Guenther, Edeltraud ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Financial accounting; Management accounting; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

CARBON ACCOUNTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED; FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING; MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING; PROJECT SCALE; QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

CARBON;

EID: 84864987870     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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