Drivers and enablers that foster environmental management capabilities in small- and medium-sized suppliers in supply chains

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 573-586

  Lee, Su Yol ^a   Klassen, Robert D ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental issues; Green supply chain management; Newly industrialized and developing countries; SME suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549086826     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3401/poms.1080.0063     Document Type: Article

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