Benefits of management systems integration: A literature review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 260-267

  Bernardo, Merce ^a   Simon, Alexandra ^b   Tarí, Juan José ^c   Molina Azorín, José F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benefits; Integrated management system; ISO 14001; ISO 9001; Literature review; Performance

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CONTROL;

BENEFITS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ISO 14001; ISO 9001; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PERFORMANCE;

INTEGRATION;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84928761398     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.075     Document Type: Article

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