From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1699-1710

  Seuring, Stefan ^a   Müller, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Environmental and social standards; Literature review; Supply chain management; Sustainability; Sustainable supply chains

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHAIN MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; ELSEVIER (CO); LITERATURE REVIEWS; SPECIFIC FEATURES; STARTING POINTS; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47649115146     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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