Barriers to the implementation of environmentally oriented reverse logistics: evidence from the automotive industry sector

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 889-904

  Gonzalez Torre P ^a   Alvarez M ^a   Sarkis, J ^b   Adenso Diaz B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78249272034     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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