Manufacturing, sustainability, ecodesign and risk: Lessons learned from a study of Swedish and English companies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 342-352

  Short, Tim ^a   Lee Mortimer, Andrew ^a   Luttropp, Conrad ^b   Johansson, Glenn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design for sustainability; Ecodesign; Engineering design; Industry; Risk; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BOARD DESIGN; DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY; DESIGN METHOD; ECODESIGN; ENGINEERING COMPANIES; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; NEW PRODUCT DESIGN; PERCEIVED RISK; RIGOROUS APPROACH; RISK AVERSION; TO EFFECT;

DESIGN; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; RISKS; SURVEYS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865470634     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.037     Document Type: Article

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