Sustainable SME practice: A reflection on supply-chain environmental management intervention

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 673-685

  Howarth, Richard ^a   Fredericks, John ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Sense making; Small to medium sized enterprises; SME environment behaviour; Supply chain management; Supply chain environmental management; Vision(ing)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866878621     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831211262945     Document Type: Article

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