A model for assessing the greenness effort in a product supply chain

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-24

  H'Mida, Souad ^a   Lakhal, Salem Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Gap analysis; Greening supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; MODELING;

EID: 34249706342     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2007.012074     Document Type: Article

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