Implementing integrated management systems in chemical firms

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 294-309

  Simon, Alexandra ^a   Bernardo, Merce ^b   Karapetrovic, Stanislav ^c   Casadesus, Marti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

integrated management systems; ISO 14001; ISO 9001; management system standards; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877268582     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2012.669560     Document Type: Article

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