Greening global product chains: Bridging barriers in the north-south cooperation. An exploratory study of possibilities for improvement in the product chains of table grape and wine connecting South Africa and the Netherlands

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 401-417

  Ras, P J ^a   Vermeulen, W J V ^b,d   Saalmink, S L ^c,e  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Trifolia   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Global trade; Supply chain management; Sustainable business

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; CORPORATE STRATEGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRADE;

VITACEAE;

EID: 44649157670     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2007.016351     Document Type: Article

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