Corporate responsibility, supply chain partnership and performance: An empirical examination

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-91

  Gallear, David ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^b   Chen, Weifeng ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Monitoring best practices; Partnerships; Performance; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONAL LEVELS; PARTNERSHIPS; PERFORMANCE; SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY;

MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84865700276     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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