Evaluation of green supply chain management practices in the Malaysian automotive industry

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-258

  Olugu, Ezutah Udoncy ^a   Wong, Kuan Yew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Green supply chain management; GSCM; Malaysia; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959345159     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.040710     Document Type: Article

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