Extended Producer Responsibility and the Evolution of Sustainable Specializations: Evidences From the e-Waste Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 466-476

  Corsini, Filippo ^a   Rizzi, Francesco ^a,b   Gusmerotti, Natalia Marzia ^a   Frey, Marco ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

China; E waste; Environmental management; Environmental policy; Sustainable development; Sustainable supply chain

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84942368461     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1831     Document Type: Article

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