Benchmarking green logistics performance with a composite index

Benchmarking

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 873-896

  Lau, Kwok Hung ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; China; Distribution management; Extended producer responsibility; Green logistics; Japan; Performance; Resource based view; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055028990     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771111180743     Document Type: Article

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