Green supply management strategies in Spanish firms

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 741-752

  Tachizawa, Elcio Mendonça ^a   Thomsen, Cristina Giménez ^b   Montes Sancho, María J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environment; green supply management (GSM); Spain; sustainable supply chains

Indexed keywords

COMPANY PROFILE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENING SUPPLIERS; MANAGERIAL PRACTICES; PERFORMANCE VARIABLES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SPAIN; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84867879153     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2012.2189117     Document Type: Article

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