Sustainable Supply Chain Management Integration: A Qualitative Analysis of the German Manufacturing Industry

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-235

  Wolf, Julia ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

case study research; conceptual framework; integration; supply chain management; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961207615     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0806-0     Document Type: Article

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