Assessment on the adoption of low carbon and green supply chain management practices in Indian supply chain sectors - Manufacturing and service industries

International Journal of Business and Globalisation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-345

  Koh, S C Lenny ^a   Ganesh, K ^b   Chidambaram, Nandakumar ^a   Anbuudayasankar, S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

AMOS; Analysis of moment structures; LGSCM; Linear structural equation modelling; Low carbon and green supply chain management; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875880177     PISSN: 17533627     EISSN: 17533635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2012.050368     Document Type: Article

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