Drivers of network governance: A multitheoretic perspective with insights from case studies in the German wood industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 110, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-120

  Zander, Sebastian ^a   Trang, Simon ^a   Kolbe, Lutz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cascade utilization; Exploratory case study; Network governance; Renewable resources; Resource efficiency; Wood industry

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUPPLY CHAINS; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOODWORKING;

CASCADE UTILIZATIONS; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; NETWORK GOVERNANCES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; WOOD INDUSTRY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84949640442     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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