Sustainability in supply chain management: Suggestions for the auto industry

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-512

  Xia, Yu ^a   Li Ping Tang, Thomas ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Economic sustainability; Professional ethics; Supply chain management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955651349     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111126459     Document Type: Article

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