The mutual influence of Environmental Management Systems and the EU ETS: Findings for the Italian pulp and paper industry

European Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-26

  Gasbarro, Federica ^a   Rizzi, Francesco ^a   Frey, Marco ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allowance management; Emissions trading scheme; Environmental Management Systems; Environmental planning; Organizational change; Pulp and paper industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872496190     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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