The task environment, resource commitment and reverse logistics performance: Evidence from the Taiwanese high-tech sector

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 2012, Pages 851-863

  Huang, Yi Chun ^a   Jim Wu, Yen Chun ^b   Rahman, Shams ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Dept of Economics   (Taiwan)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental performance; resource commitment; reverse logistic; Taiwan; task environment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE COMMITMENT; REVERSE LOGISTICS; TAIWAN; TASK ENVIRONMENT;

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84866305385     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.642189     Document Type: Article

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