An activity based management methodology for evaluating business processes for environmental sustainability

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 751-769

  Sarkis, Joseph ^a   Meade, Laura ^b   Presley, Adrien ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based costs; Activity based management; Analytical hierarchy process; Business process re engineering; Environmental management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750277059     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150610710918     Document Type: Article

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