ISO14001: Motivations and benefits in the italian metal industry

International Journal of Engineering Business Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Arena, Marika ^a   Azzone, Giovanni ^a   Platti, Matteo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; ISO 14001; Metal industry; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870750713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18479790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/54786     Document Type: Article

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