"Green" supply chain management: The role of trust and top management in B2B and B2C markets

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-620

  Hoejmose, Stefan ^a   Brammer, Stephen ^a   Millington, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Industrial relationships; Supply chain; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862683711     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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