Sustainable procurement: Emerging issues

International Journal of Procurement Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-61

  Walker, Helen ^a   Phillips, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Ethical; Innovation; Measurement; Private; Public; Sustainable procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862639686     PISSN: 17538432     EISSN: 17538440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2009.021729     Document Type: Article

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