A meta-analysis of environmentally sustainable supply chain management practices and firm performance

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-95

  Golicic, Susan L ^a   Smith, Carlo D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Firm performance; Meta analysis; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876452670     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12006     Document Type: Article

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