Determinants of Green Practice Adoption for Logistics Companies in China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-83

  Lin, Chieh Yu ^a   Ho, Yi Hui ^a  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; determinant factors; green practice adoption; logistics companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650215233     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0535-9     Document Type: Article

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