Building sustainability in logistics operations: A research agenda

Management Research Review

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1237-1259

  Dey, Asoke ^a   LaGuardia, Paul ^a   Srinivasan, Mahesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Green; Logistics; Supply chain management; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055125493     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171111178774     Document Type: Review

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