An empirical analysis of green supply chain management in the german automotive industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-132

  Thun, Jörn Henrik ^a   Müller, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Empirical study; Green supply chain management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMPETITIVENESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 77953549895     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.642     Document Type: Article

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