Knowledge sharing among green fashion communities online: Lessons for the sustainable supply chain

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-192

  Cervellon, Marie Cécile ^a   Wernerfelt, Anne Sophie ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Communities; Consumer behaviour; Ethical; Fashion industry; Green; Internet; Luxury; Online communities; Supply chain management; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860596388     PISSN: 13612026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13612021211222860     Document Type: Article

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