Comparative efficiencies of specialty coffee retailers from the perspectives of socially responsible global sourcing

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 490-509

  Joo, Seong Jong ^a   Min, Hokey ^b   Kwon, Ik Whan G ^c   Kwon, Heboong ^d  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Business Administration and Division of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Data analysis; Performance measures; Purchasing; Social responsibility; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953893420     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09574091011089826     Document Type: Article

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