Analysing the barriers to corporate social responsibility in supply chains: An interpretive structural modelling approach

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-195

  Faisal, Mohd Nishat ^a  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Barriers; Corporate social responsibility; Interpretive structural modelling; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953306866     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560903264968     Document Type: Article

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