The impact of stakeholder orientation on sustainability and cost prevalence in supplier selection decisions

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 270-281

  Reuter, Carsten ^a   Goebel, Philipp ^b   Foerstl, Kai ^b  

^a FOM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formalization of ethical culture; Path analysis; Stakeholder orientation; Supplier selection decisions; Sustainability criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870560870     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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