Environmental retail supply chains: When global Goliaths become environmental Davids

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 658-681

  Kotzab, Herbert ^a,b   Munch, Hilde M ^a   de Faultrier, Brigitte ^c   Teller, Christoph ^d  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ESSCA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecology; Environment; Environmental sustainability; Global retailing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960634635     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590551111159332     Document Type: Article

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