Comparison of drivers and barriers to green manufacturing: A case of India and Germany

Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 723-728

  Mittal, Varinder Kumar ^a   Egede, Patricia ^b   Herrmann, Christoph ^b   Sangwan, Kuldip Singh ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparison; Drivers and barriers; Green manufacturing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE;

COMPARISON; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GREEN MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL GROWTH; INHIBITING FACTORS; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84892369305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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