Rethinking market connections: Mobile phone recovery, reuse and recycling in the UK

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 320-329

  Canning, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Supply chain management; Telephone equipment; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747473294     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620610681623     Document Type: Article

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