SMEs and ISO 14001 adoption: A New Zealand perspective

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-32

  Cassells, Sue ^a   Lewis, Kate ^b   Findlater, Alec ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental Management System (EMS); ISO 14001; New Zealand; small and medium enterprises (SMEs); sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911386139     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.18.1.19     Document Type: Article

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