Conceptualizing sustainable development and global supply chains

Ecological Economics

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-143

  Boons, Frank ^a   Baumann, Henrikke ^b   Hall, Jeremy ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84868353838     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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