Implementing environmental considerations within product development practices: A survey on employees' perspectives

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 189-203

  Sihvonen, Siru ^a   Partanen, Jouni ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Eco design; Implementation; Product development; Requirement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ATTITUDES; DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; IMPLEMENTATION; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PHASIS; REQUIREMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84978322430     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.023     Document Type: Article

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