EMAS and ISO 14001 in the German industry - Complements or substitutes?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 249-256

  Neugebauer, Friederike ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Complementarity; EMAS; Environmental management systems; ISO 14001; Standards

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; EMAS; ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS); EXTERNAL PRESSURES; ISO 14001; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY;

STANDARDS;

EID: 84865446578     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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