Barriers to environmentally-friendly clothing production among Chinese apparel companies

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-452

  Zhu, Qinghua ^a   Sarkis, Joseph ^b   Geng, Yong ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

barriers; China; clothing; DEMATEL; environmental; grey analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960966846     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2011.15     Document Type: Article

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