An integrated approach for green design: Life-cycle, fuzzy AHP and environmental management accounting

British Accounting Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 344-360

  Chan, Hing Kai ^a   Wang, Xiaojun ^b   Raffoni, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management accounting; Fuzzy AHP; Life cycle; Product development; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919455266     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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