Addressing sustainable development through public procurement: The case of local government

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-223

  Preuss, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Local government; Public sector organizations; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549135795     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910954557     Document Type: Article

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