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Using Material Flow Cost Accounting (Mfca) to Identify Benefits of Eco-Efficiency and Cleaner Production in a Paper and Pulp Manufacturing Organization

Foundations of Management
Volume 8 (2016): Issue 1 (January 2016)
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|Dec 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fman-2016-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279
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Language: English
Page range: 263 - 288
Published on: Dec 5, 2016
Published by: Warsaw University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
cleaner production,
eco-efficiency,
inefficient processes,
environmental costs,
nonproduct output costs
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Business computing,
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment

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