A Three level framework for closed-loop supply chain management-linking society, chain and actor level

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 678-691

  Morana, Romy ^a   Seuring, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Closed loop economy; Closed loop supply chain management; Product returns; Supply chain governance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861890949     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3040678     Document Type: Article

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