Introducing environmental concern in manufacturing strategies: Implications for the decision criteria

Management Research Review

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 877-899

  Johansson, Glenn ^a   Winroth, Mats ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Decision making; Manufacturing systems; Operations and production management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955872472     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171011070305     Document Type: Article

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