Environmental impacts as buying criteria for third party logistical services

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 84-102

  Wolf, Christina ^a   Seuring, Stefan ^b  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Supplier evaluation; Supply chain management; Sustainable development; Third party vendors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949323999     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031011020377     Document Type: Article

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