Green innovation adoption among logistics service providers in Malaysia: An exploratory study on the managers' perceptions

International Business Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 104-113

  Zailani, Suhaiza ^a   Amran, Azlan ^a   Jumadi, Herina ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Green innovation; Logistics service sustainability; Malaysia; Perceptions; Proportinate; Revolutionary

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955040882     PISSN: 19935250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ibm.2011.104.113     Document Type: Article

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