Global business and emerging economies: Towards a new perspective on the effects of e-waste

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-26

  Amankwah Amoah, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; E waste; Electronic waste; Externalities; Global business

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTES;

AFRICA; E-WASTES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EXTERNALITIES; GLOBAL BUSINESS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

BUSINESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84957693212     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.01.026     Document Type: Article

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