Extending green practices across the supply chain: The impact of upstream and downstream integration

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 795-821

  Vachon, Stephan ^a   Klassen, Robert D ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Supply chain management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745324700     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570610672248     Document Type: Article

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