Bhopal: Anatomy of a CrisisBhopal native Shrivastava (management, Bucknell U., Pennsylvania) examines the general and specific causes for the 1984 toxic gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal that killed 3,000 people, and the impact on the injured, society, and industrial and regulatory organizations. Updated from the 1987 first edition to describe the lingering effects. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Crisis in Bhopal | 1 |
The Causes and Characteristics of Industrial | 7 |
Causes of the Bhopal Disaster | 35 |
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| Title | Bhopal: Anatomy of a Crisis Ballinger series in business in a global environment Business in Global Environment |
| Author | Paul Shrivastava |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ballinger Publishing Company, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Nov 6, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0887300847, 9780887300844 |
| Length | 184 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General |
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