Diffusion of ISO 14001 environmental management system: Global, regional and country-level analyses

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 489-498

  To, W M ^a   Lee, P K C ^b  

^a MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Global; ISO 14001; Logistic growth; Regional and country levels

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOBAL; ISO 14001; LOGISTIC GROWTH; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; REGIONAL AND COUNTRY LEVELS; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAIN DYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84893816631     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.076     Document Type: Article

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