Benchmarking tool for improved corporate social responsibility in purchasing

Benchmarking

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-362

  Björklund, Maria ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Corporate social responsibility; Purchasing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952714701     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771011049335     Document Type: Article

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