Environmental appraisal of green production systems: Challenges faced by small companies using life cycle assessment

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5884-5896

  Heidrich, Oliver ^a   Tiwary, Abhishek ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

green production; life cycle analysis; material flow; resource management; SME; sustainable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

GREEN PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SME; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING;

INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84885853529     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.807372     Document Type: Article

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