Benchmarking supply chain sustainability: Insights from a field study

Benchmarking

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-732

  Colicchia, Claudia ^a   Melacini, Marco ^b   Perotti, Sara ^b  

^a CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Environment; Green logistics; Supply chain management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052633321     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771111166839     Document Type: Article

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