Industrial ecology and environmental lean management: Lights and shadows

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6362-6376

  Ioppolo, Giuseppe ^a   Cucurachi, Stefano ^b   Salomone, Roberta ^a   Saija, Giuseppe ^a   Ciraolo, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM); Industrial ecology; Lean management; Technology environmental innovations (TEIs)

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; PRODUCTION COST; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84907169025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6096362     Document Type: Article

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