Sustainability in retailing - a summative content analysis

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-335

  Wiese, Anne ^a   Kellner, Julian ^a   Lietke, Britta ^a   Toporowski, Waldemar ^a   Zielke, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

General review; Retailing; Summative content analysis; Supply Chain Management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858401412     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590551211211792     Document Type: Review

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